Pseudopotential theory of auger processes in CdSe quantum dots

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 564041-564044

  Wang, Lin Wang ^a   Califano, Marco ^b   Zunger, Alex ^b   Franceschetti, Alberto ^c  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; COOLING; ELECTRONS; EXCITONS;

AUGER ELECTRON COOLING;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 0041416072     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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