When self-organized In(Ga)As/GaAs quantum dot heterostructures roll up: Emerging devices and applications

Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 52-58

  Mi, Zetian ^a   Bianucci, Pablo ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

GaAs; Laser; Nanophotonics; Quantum dots; Semiconductor tube; Si photonics

Indexed keywords

GALLIUM ARSENIDE; HETEROJUNCTIONS; III-V SEMICONDUCTORS; LASERS; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOPHOTONICS; PHOTONICS; QUANTUM DOT LASERS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM;

BUILDING BLOCKES; DIRECT INTEGRATION; GAAS; RING RESONATOR; SI PHOTONICS; SI-WAVEGUIDE; TUBULAR STRUCTURES;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84860134335     PISSN: 13590286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cossms.2011.09.001     Document Type: Review

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