Multi-quantum-well nanowire heterostructures for wavelength-controlled lasers

Nature Materials

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 701-706

  Qian, Fang ^a   Li, Yat ^a,d   Gradečak, Silvija ^a,e   Park, Hong Gyu ^a,f   Dong, Yajie ^a   Ding, Yong ^b   Wang, Zhong Lin ^b   Lieber, Charles M ^a,c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^f Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; GERMANIUM; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NANOWIRES; QUANTUM WELL LASERS; RATIONAL FUNCTIONS; TELECOMMUNICATION REPEATERS; TEMPERATURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CORE/SHELL NANOWIRES; HOMOGENEOUS MATERIALS; INGAN QUANTUM WELLS; MULTIQUANTUM WELLS; NANOWIRE HETEROSTRUCTURES; NANOWIRE STRUCTURES; PHOTONIC FUNCTIONS; THERMOELECTRIC FIGURE OF MERIT;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

EID: 50049110827     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat2253     Document Type: Article

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