Exciton-exciton correlations revealed by twoquantum, two-dimensional fourier transform optical spectroscopy

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1452-1461

  Stone, Katherine W ^a   Turner, Daniel B ^a   Gundogdu, Kenan ^a,c   Cundiff, Steven T ^b   Nelson, Keith A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 70349255708     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar900122k     Document Type: Article

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