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In a recent study, a novel three-pulse femtosecond spectroscopic method, coined the \u2018spectator exciton\u2019 approach, was used to overcome this in quantum-confined CsPbBr3 nanocrystals. Results proved that stimulated emission takes place already in the single-exciton state, but with a probability roughly an order of magnitude weaker than band-edge absorption. Only in bi-excitons does stimulated emission overpower absorption, providing net optical gain. Prompted by literature reports that replacing caesium with organic ammonium cations and shifting their morphology from cubes to spheres alters band edge level spacing and ordering, we measured stimulated emission in the same way in quantum-confined spheroidal FAPbBr3 nanodots of similar dimensions. Results prove that at room temperature, the unusual ratio between a single-exciton bleach and its stimulated emission cross-section observed in CsPbBr3 nanodots is unchanged by cation exchange and morphological alterations. The robustness of the measured cross-section ratios to these structural modifications stresses their generality and the importance of clarifying the underlying mechanisms.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>This article is part of the discussion meeting issue \u2018Excitonic frontiers\u2019.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1098\/rsta.2022.0267","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,1,29]],"date-time":"2026-01-29T08:06:11Z","timestamp":1769673971000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Stimulated emission to absorption cross-section ratio in quantum-confined lead halide perovskite nanocrystals: cation, shape and size independence"],"prefix":"10.1098","volume":"384","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5276-7807","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Soumyadip","family":"Bhunia","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"The Hebrew University of Jerusalem 1 , ,","place":["Jerusalem, Israel, 91904"],"department":["Institute of Chemistry"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mariia","family":"Svyrydenko","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"ETH Z\u00fcrich 2 , ,","place":["Z\u00fcrich, Switzerland, CH-8093"],"department":["Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences"]},{"name":"Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa) 3 , ,","place":["D\u00fcbendorf, Switzerland, CH-8600"],"department":["Laboratory for Thin Films and Photovoltaics"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3042-0642","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Apurba","family":"De","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The Hebrew University of Jerusalem 1 , ,","place":["Jerusalem, Israel, 91904"],"department":["Institute of Chemistry"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Maksym V.","family":"Kovalenko","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"ETH Z\u00fcrich 2 , ,","place":["Z\u00fcrich, Switzerland, CH-8093"],"department":["Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences"]},{"name":"Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa) 3 , ,","place":["D\u00fcbendorf, Switzerland, CH-8600"],"department":["Laboratory for Thin Films and Photovoltaics"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0575-1367","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sanford","family":"Ruhman","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The Hebrew University of Jerusalem 1 , ,","place":["Jerusalem, Israel, 91904"],"department":["Institute of Chemistry"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"175","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,1,29]]},"reference":[{"key":"2026012903060927700_R1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"10775","DOI":"10.1021\/acsnano.0c08903","article-title":"State of the art and prospects for halide perovskite nanocrystals","volume":"15","author":"Dey","year":"2021","journal-title":"ACS Nano"},{"key":"2026012903060927700_R2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"8095","DOI":"10.1039\/D4CS00077C","article-title":"Strongly-confined colloidal lead-halide perovskite quantum dots: from synthesis to applications","volume":"53","author":"Ye","year":"2024","journal-title":"Chem. 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