Imaging a single quantum dot when it is dark

Nano Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 926-929

  Kukura, P ^a   Celebrano, M ^a   Renn, A ^a   Sandoghdar, V ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; LASER BEAMS; NANOCRYSTALS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

AMBIENT CONDITIONS; CADMIUM SELENIDES; EXTINCTION CROSS SECTION; FLUORESCENCE BLINKING; INCIDENT LASER; NANOSCOPIC OBJECTS; OPTICAL IMAGING; SINGLE QUANTUM DOT;

QUANTUM DOT LASERS;

EID: 65549154814     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl801735yCCC:40.75     Document Type: Article

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