The third-order optical nonlinearity and upconversion luminescence of CdTe quantum dots under femtosecond laser excitation

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 665-670

  Jin, Qinhan ^a   Wu, Wenzhi ^b   Zheng, Zhiren ^c   Yan, Yuxi ^d   Liu, Weilong ^c   Li, Aihua ^c   Yang, Yanqiang ^c   Su, Wenhui ^c  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HEILONGJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

CdTe; Nanomaterials; Optical nonlinearity; Quantum dots; Time resolved luminescence dynamics

Indexed keywords

CDTE; NANOMATERIALS; OPTICAL NONLINEARITY; QUANTUM DOTS; TIME-RESOLVED LUMINESCENCE DYNAMICS;

ABSORPTION; CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; DATA PROCESSING; DYNAMICS; EDGE DETECTION; LASER EXCITATION; LUMINESCENCE; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

CADMIUM TELLURATE; QUANTUM DOT; TELLURIUM DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; OPTICS; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 61449236413     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-008-9416-x     Document Type: Article

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