Ultraviolet photoluminescence of ZnO quantum dots sputtered at room-temperature

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1641-1647

  Kiliani, Gillian ^a   Schneider, Reinhard ^b   Litvinov, Dimitri ^b   Gerthsen, Dagmar ^b   Fonin, Mikhail ^a   Rüdiger, Ulrich ^a   Leitenstorfer, Alfred ^a   Bratschitsch, Rudolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOCRYSTALS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; ZINC OXIDE;

BULK ZNO; NANO-OPTICAL DEVICES; NARROW SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; NO ANNEALING; TRANSMITTANCE MEASUREMENTS; ULTRAVIOLET EMISSION; ULTRAVIOLET PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; ZNO QUANTUM DOTS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

QUANTUM DOT; ZINC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LUMINESCENCE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; QUANTUM DOTS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 78751517866     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.001641     Document Type: Article

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