Strong extinction of a far-field laser beam by a single quantum dot

Nano Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2892-2896

  Vamivakas, A N ^a   Atature M ^b,c   Dreiser, J ^b   Yilmaz, S T ^b   Badolato, A ^b   Swan, A K ^a   Goldberg, B B ^a,d   Imamoglu A ^b   Unlu M S ^a,d  

^a Boston University

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; LENSES; RESONANCE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

FAR-FIELD LASER BEAMS; IMMERSION LENS TECHNIQUES; PHASE-SENSITIVE LOCK-IN DETECTION; RESONANT LASER TRANSMISSION SPECTROSCOPY;

LASER BEAMS;

GALLIUM; GALLIUM ARSENIDE; INDIUM; INDIUM ARSENIDE; ORGANOARSENIC DERIVATIVE; QUANTUM DOT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; LASER; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ARSENICALS; GALLIUM; INDIUM; LASERS; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 34948818311     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl0717255     Document Type: Article

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