Nature of sub-band gap luminescent eigenmodes in a ZnO nanowire

Nano Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 119-123

  Ruhle S ^a   Van Vugt, L K ^a   Li, H Y ^a   Keizer, N A ^a   Kuipers, L ^b   Vanmaekelbergh, D ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b FOM INSTITUTE AMOLF   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ELECTRIC EXCITATION; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT EMISSION; LUMINESCENCE; ZINC OXIDE;

EIGENMODES; EXCITATION INTENSITY; POLARITONS;

NANOWIRES;

EID: 38749153186     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl0721867     Document Type: Article

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28. ⊥ = π/d as the wavevector perpendicular to the nanowire long axis (d is the nanowire diameter).