Near-field photodetection with high spatial resolution by nanocrystal quantum dots

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 25, 2007, Pages 17163-17170

  Hegg, M ^a   Lin, L Y ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODES; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; NANOCRYSTALS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

DETECTION SENSITIVITY; NANOCRYSTAL QUANTUM DOTS (NCQD); SIGNAL-TO-DARK CURRENT RATIO;

PHOTODETECTORS;

EID: 37149055642     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.017163     Document Type: Article

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