Emission spectrum and spectral diffusion of a single CdSe/ZnS nanocrystal measured by photon-correlation Fourier spectroscopy

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1463-1468

  Coolen, L ^a,b,c   Spinicelli, P ^a   Hermier, J P ^a,d  

^a LABORATOIRE KASTLER BROSSEL   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c INSTITUT DES NANOSCIENCES DE PARIS   (France)

^d LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; NANOCRYSTALS; PHONONS; PHOTONS; QUANTUM OPTICS;

CDSE/ZNS NANOCRYSTALS; EMISSION SPECTRUMS; FOURIER SPECTROSCOPY; LONGITUDINAL ACOUSTIC PHONONS; PHOTON CORRELATION; SPECTRAL DIFFUSION; TEMPORAL AND SPECTRAL RESOLUTIONS; ZERO PHONON LINES;

PHOTON CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 67849101280     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.26.001463     Document Type: Article

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