Spontaneous decay of CdSe/ZnS core-shell quantum dots at the air-dielectric interface

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 3144-3151

  Zhu, Lei ^a   Samudrala, Sarath ^a   Stelmakh, Nikolai ^a   Vasilyev, Michael ^a  

^a University of Texas at Arlington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

AIR-DIELECTRIC INTERFACE; CDSE/ZNS; CORE-SHELL QUANTUM DOTS; DENSITY OF STATE; FLUORESCENCE DECAYS; HIGH QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; HIGH-INDEX; SPONTANEOUS DECAY; VACUUM FIELD;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS;

CADMIUM DERIVATIVE; CADMIUM SELENIDE; QUANTUM DOT; SELENIUM DERIVATIVE; ZINC DERIVATIVE; ZINC SELENIDE;

AIR; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; IMPEDANCE; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; RADIATION SCATTERING;

AIR; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; QUANTUM DOTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84856448246     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.003144     Document Type: Article

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