Optimization of band structure and quantum-size-effect tuning for two-photon absorption enhancement in quantum dots

Nano Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1227-1231

  Padilha, Lazaro A ^a   Nootz, Gero ^a   Olszak, Peter D ^a   Webster, Scott ^a   Hagan, David J ^a   Van Stryland, Eric W ^a   Levina, Larissa ^b   Sukhovatkin, Vlad ^b   Brzozowski, Lukasz ^b   Sargent, Edward H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

band structure; lead salt; Nonlinear optics; nonlinear spectroscopy; quantum dots; two photon absorption

Indexed keywords

BAND ENVELOPE; CDTE; CROSS SECTION; DEGENERATE CASE; DENSITY OF STATE; LEAD SALT; NONLINEAR SPECTROSCOPY; QUANTUM DOT; QUANTUM DOTS; RESONANCE ENHANCEMENT; SIZE EFFECTS; SPECTRAL REGION; SYMMETRIC DISTRIBUTIONS; TWO-PHOTON ABSORPTIONS; TWO-PHOTON CROSS SECTION; VALENCE BAND STATE;

ABSORPTION; ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BAND STRUCTURE; CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LUMINESCENCE OF ORGANIC SOLIDS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PHOTONS; QUANTUM CONFINEMENT; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; TWO PHOTON PROCESSES;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 79952609332     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl1042209     Document Type: Article

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