The nonlinear Fano effect

Nature

Volumn 451, Issue 7176, 2008, Pages 311-314

  Kroner, M ^a   Govorov, A O ^b   Remi, S ^a   Biedermann, B ^a   Seidl, S ^a   Badolato, A ^c   Petroff, P M ^c   Zhang, W ^b   Barbour, R ^d   Gerardot, B D ^d   Warburton, R J ^d   Karrai, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of California   (United States)

^d HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUANTUM DOT;

CROSS SECTION; OPTICAL METHOD; RESONANCE; SPECTROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SOLID STATE; STEADY STATE;

EID: 38349136911     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature06506     Document Type: Article

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