Quantum dots (QDs) for photonic applications

Optical Materials Express

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 578-593

  Prabhakaran, Prem ^a,b   Kim, Won Jin ^c   Lee, Kwang Sup ^a   Prasad, Paras N ^c  

^a Hannam University   (South Korea)

^b LIPHY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPONENT MATERIALS; PHOTONIC APPLICATION; PHOTOVOLTAICS; TRANSPORT OF CHARGE;

INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84861138400     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21593930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OME.2.000578     Document Type: Article

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