Three-dimensional control of self-assembled quantum dot configurations

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 3877-3882

  Yakes, Michael K ^a   Cress, Cory D ^a   Tischler, Joseph G ^a   Bracker, Allan S ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

droplet epitaxy; molecular beam epitaxy; nucleation; photoluminescence; quantum dot

Indexed keywords

CROSS-SECTIONAL SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPIES; DIMENSIONAL CONTROL; DOT MORPHOLOGY; DROPLET EPITAXY; IMPROVED METHODS; NUCLEATION SITES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE MEASUREMENTS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTRUM; PLANAR CONFIGURATIONS; QUANTUM DOT; SELECTIVE NUCLEATION; SELF ASSEMBLED QUANTUM DOTS; SELF-ASSEMBLED; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CRYSTAL GROWTH; DROP FORMATION; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; NUCLEATION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

MOLECULAR BEAMS;

EID: 77955547455     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn100623q     Document Type: Article

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