Phonon-induced dephasing of excitons in semiconductor quantum dots: Multiple exciton generation, fission, and luminescence

ACS Nano

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2487-2494

  Madrid, Angeline B ^a   Hyeon Deuk, Kim ^a,b   Habenicht, Bradley F ^a   Prezhdo, Oleg V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ab initio molecular dynamics; Dephasing; Electron phonon interaction; Luminescence; Multiple excitons; Quantum dots; Ultrafast

Indexed keywords

AB INITIO MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; DEPHASING; MULTIPLE EXCITONS; QUANTUM DOTS; ULTRAFAST;

ACOUSTICS; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; DYNAMICS; ELECTRON-PHONON INTERACTIONS; EXCITONS; LUMINESCENCE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

QUANTUM DOT; SILICON;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; LUMINESCENCE; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PHOTON; SEMICONDUCTOR; TEMPERATURE;

ACOUSTICS; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PHOTONS; QUANTUM DOTS; SEMICONDUCTORS; SILICON; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 70349587651     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn900584p     Document Type: Article

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