Micro-Raman spectroscopic characterization of ZnO quantum dots, nanocrystals and nanowires

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6481, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Calizo, Irene ^a   Alim, Khan A ^b   Fonoberov, Vladimir A ^a   Krishnakumar, Sivashankar ^a   Shamsa, Manu ^a   Balandin, Alexander A ^a   Kurtz, Russell ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PHYSICAL OPTICS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Laser heating; Micro Raman spectroscopy; Phonon confinement; Wurtzite quantum dots; ZnO nanostructures

Indexed keywords

LASER HEATING; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOWIRES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC OXIDE;

MICRO-RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; PHONON CONFINEMENT; WURTZITE NANOSTRUCTURES; WURTZITE QUANTUM DOTS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 34248643731     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.713648     Document Type: Conference Paper

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