Optical two-dimensional Fourier transform spectroscopy of semiconductor nanostructures [Invited]

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Cundiff, Steven T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOSTRUCTURES;

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DOUBLE-QUANTUM; EXCITON DYNAMICS; MANY-BODY; NATURAL QUANTUM DOTS; NON-RADIATIVE; OPTICAL RESPONSE; PHYSICAL SYSTEMS; QUANTUM-WELL STATE; RAMAN COHERENCE; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOSTRUCTURES; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FOURIER TRANSFORM;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

EID: 84857395720     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.29.000A69     Document Type: Review

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