Directed self-assembly of single quantum dots for telecommunication wavelength optical devices

Laser and Photonics Reviews

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 283-299

  Dalacu, Dan ^a   Reimer, Michael E ^a,b   Frédérick, Simon ^a,c   Kim, Danny ^a,d   Lapointe, Jean ^a   Poole, Philip J ^a   Aers, Geof C ^a   Williams, Robin L ^a,b   Ross McKinnon, W ^a   Korkusiński, Marek ^a   Hawrylak, Pawel ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c WALTER SCHOTTKY INSTITUT   (Germany)

^d NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Quantum dots; Single photon sources; Site selective epitaxy

Indexed keywords

CAVITY SYSTEM; DETERMINISTIC APPROACH; DEVICE FABRICATIONS; DIRECTED SELF-ASSEMBLY; ENTANGLED PHOTON PAIRS; INAS QUANTUM DOTS; INP; KEY COMPONENT; NUCLEATION SITES; PROCESSING STEPS; QUANTUM DOT; QUANTUM DOT NUCLEATION; SELECTIVE-AREA EPITAXY; SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESSING; SINGLE PHOTONS; SINGLE QUANTUM DOT; SINGLE-PHOTON SOURCE; SITE SELECTIVE; TELECOMMUNICATION WAVELENGTHS; TOPDOWN;

CRYSTAL GROWTH; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE SOURCES; EXCITONS; NUCLEATION; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTONIC DEVICES; PHOTONS; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 77049117530     PISSN: 18638880     EISSN: 18638899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lpor.200810077     Document Type: Review

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