Efficient electron spin detection with positively charged quantum dots

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 84, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 2793-2795

  Gundogdu K ^a   Hall, K C ^a   Boggess, Thomas F ^a   Deppe, D G ^b   Shchekin, O B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY RELAXATION; RADIATIVE EFFICIENCY; SPIN CAPTURE; SPIN DETECTION; SPINTRONICS;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON SCATTERING; GROUND STATE; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; LIGHT POLARIZATION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; RELAXATION PROCESSES; SELF ASSEMBLY; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 2342565120     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1695637     Document Type: Article

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