Single-exciton optical gain in semiconductor nanocrystals

Nature

Volumn 447, Issue 7143, 2007, Pages 441-446

  Klimov, Victor I ^a   Ivanov, Sergei A ^a   Nanda, Jagjit ^a   Achermann, Marc ^a   Bezel, Ilya ^a   McGuire, John A ^a   Piryatinski, Andrei ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOPARTICLE; QUANTUM DOT;

CRYSTAL; ELECTRON; EMISSION; LUMINESCENCE; SIZE EFFECT;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; AUGER ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRON; LIGHT; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM YIELD; SEMICONDUCTOR;

EID: 34249301393     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05839     Document Type: Article

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