Coherent optical spectroscopy of a hybrid nanocrystal complex embedded in a nanomechanical resonator

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 16175-16182

  Wang, Huan ^a   Zhu, Ka Di ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOPARTICLES; PLASMONS; PROBES; RESONATORS;

CONTROL FIELDS; COUPLED SYSTEMS; ENHANCEMENT EFFECTS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOMECHANICAL RESONATORS; OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; PROBE FIELD; QUANTUM DOT; RAMAN LASERS; RESONANCE AMPLIFICATION;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 77954908746     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.016175     Document Type: Article

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