The dielectric function of PbS quantum dots in a glass matrix

Optical Materials Express

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 496-500

  Moreels, Iwan ^a   Kruschke, Detlef ^b   Glas, Peter ^c   Tomm, Jens W ^d  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUT FÜR KATALYSE E V AN DER UNIVERSITÄT ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^c Institute for Scientific Instruments GmbH   (Germany)

^d MAX BORN INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC FUNCTIONS; EFFECTIVE MEDIUM THEORIES; EXPERIMENTAL ERRORS; GLASS MATRICES; IMAGINARY PARTS; KRAMERS-KRONIG ANALYSIS; MAXWELL-GARNETT; SPECTRAL RANGE; TRANSMISSION MEASUREMENTS;

SEMICONDUCTING LEAD COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

GLASS;

EID: 84861122357     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21593930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OME.2.000496     Document Type: Article

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