Optical orientation of excitons and carriers in quantum dots

Semiconductor Science and Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Kusrayev, Y G ^a  

^a IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON-HOLE EXCHANGE INTERACTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; HANLE EFFECTS; HYPERFINE INTERACTIONS; NUCLEAR SPINS; OPTICAL ORIENTATION; QUANTUM DOT; SIZE QUANTIZATION;

EXCITONS; OPTICAL PUMPING; PUMPS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

SPIN DYNAMICS;

EID: 67649526442     PISSN: 02681242     EISSN: 13616641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0268-1242/23/11/114013     Document Type: Article

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