Development of IR-emitting colloidal II-VI quantum-dot materials

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 534-543

  Kershaw, Steve V ^a   Harrison, Mike ^a   Rogach, Andrey L ^b   Kornowski, Andreas ^b  

^a MARTLESHAM HEATH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HETEROJUNCTIONS; INFRARED RADIATION; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

CHEMICAL FACTORS; COLLOIDAL NANOCRYSTAL FORMATION; ULTRAWIDEBAND OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 0034187009     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.865109     Document Type: Article

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