Enhanced optical nonlinearity of surfactant-capped CdS quantum dots embedded in an optically transparent polystyrene thin film

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Gao, Y ^a   Tonizzo, A ^a   Walser, A ^a   Potasek, M ^a   Dorsinville, R ^a  

^a City College of the City University of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYSTYRENES; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; THIN FILMS;

CDS QUANTUM DOTS; OPTICAL NONLINEARITY; Z -SCAN MEASUREMENTS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 38549115037     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2833689     Document Type: Article

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