Nano-optical probing of exciton wave-functions confined in a GaAs quantum dot

Journal of Electron Microscopy

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 193-201

  Saiki, Toshiharu ^a,b   Matsuda, Kazunari ^b,c   Nomura, Shintaro ^d   Mihara, Masaru ^e   Aoyagi, Yoshinobu ^f   Nair, Selvakumar ^g   Takagahara, Toshihide ^h  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANAGAWA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^e INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^f TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^h KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Exciton; Near field scanning optical microscopy; Photoluminescence; Quantum dot; Spatial resolution; Wave function

Indexed keywords

EXCITED STATES; EXCITONS; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; GALLIUM ARSENIDE; III-V SEMICONDUCTORS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; NANOCRYSTALS; NEAR FIELD SCANNING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL DATA STORAGE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; POLARIZATION; PROBES; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

EXCITON WAVES; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; IMAGING SPECTROSCOPY; NEARFIELD SCANNING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL PROBING; PERFORMANCE; POLARIZATION FIELD; QUANTUM DOT; SIGNAL'S DETECTIONS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

WAVE FUNCTIONS;

EID: 2442551870     PISSN: 00220744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmicro/53.2.193     Document Type: Conference Paper

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