Quantum simulation of multiple-exciton generation in a nanocrystal by a single photon

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 105, Issue 13, 2010, Pages

  Witzel, Wayne M ^a,b   Shabaev, Andrew ^c   Hellberg, C Stephen ^a   Jacobs, Verne L ^a   Efros, Alexander L ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIEXCITON; ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS; EXCITON GENERATION; EXCITON RELAXATION; MULTIEXCITON STATE; PHONON RELAXATION; PICOSECOND TIME SCALE; QUANTUM SIMULATIONS; SINGLE PHOTONS; TIME-DEPENDENT DYNAMICS;

NANOCRYSTALS; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTONS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; RELAXATION OSCILLATORS;

EXCITONS;

EID: 77957113181     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.137401     Document Type: Article

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