A model for the temperature dependence of photoluminescence from self-assembled quantum dots

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 100, Issue 9, 2006, Pages

  Bansal, Bhavtosh ^a,b  

^a TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SELF ASSEMBLY; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EMISSION LINEWIDTH; PHOTOEXCITED CARRIERS; QUASITHERMODYNAMIC MODELS; SELF-ASSEMBLED QUANTUM DOTS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 33751086989     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2363901     Document Type: Article

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