Suppressed auger recombination in "Giant" nanocrystals boosts optical gain performance

Nano Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 3482-3488

  García Santamaría, Florencio ^a   Chen, Yongfen ^a   Vela, Javier ^a   Schaller, Richard D ^a   Hollingsworth, Jennifer A ^a   Klimov, Victor I ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUGER DECAYS; AUGER RECOMBINATION; CDS; COLLOIDAL NANOCRYSTALS; COLLOIDAL NANOPARTICLES; ELECTRON HOLE; EMISSION EFFICIENCIES; EXCITATION THRESHOLD; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; HIGH ORDER; INTERMITTENCY; MULTIEXCITONS; NON-RADIATIVE LOSS; OPTICAL AMPLIFICATIONS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; PROCESSABLE; RECOMBINATION ENERGY; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYSTALS; SINGLE NANOCRYSTALS;

AMPLIFICATION; AUGERS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; DECAY (ORGANIC); LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; OPTICAL GAIN; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

NANOCRYSTALS;

EID: 72849109181     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl901681d     Document Type: Article

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