Single photon emission from site-controlled InAs quantum dots grown on GaAs(001) patterned substrates

ACS Nano

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1513-1517

  Martin Sanchez J ^a   Munoz Matutano G ^b   Herranz, J ^a   Canet Ferrer, J ^b   Alen B ^a   Gonzalez Y ^a   Alonso Gonzalez P ^a   Fuster, D ^a   Gonzalez L ^a   Martinez Pastor J ^b   Briones, F ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE MICROELECTRÓNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Patterned substrates; Quantum dots; Single photon emitters

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE; EPITAXIAL REGROWTH; EX SITU; FABRICATION METHOD; FABRICATION PROCESS; GAAS(001); HIGH SELECTIVITY; INAS QUANTUM DOTS; INAS/GAAS QUANTUM DOTS; LOCAL OXIDATION; MICROPHOTOLUMINESCENCE; OPTICAL INFORMATION; OPTICAL QUALITIES; PATTERNED SUBSTRATES; PHOTON CORRELATION; QUANTUM DOT; QUANTUM DOTS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION; SINGLE PHOTON EMITTERS;

GALLIUM ALLOYS; INDIUM ARSENIDE; OPTICAL CORRELATION; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTONS; QUALITY CONTROL; SUBSTRATES;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 67651212037     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn9001566     Document Type: Article

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