Saturation behaviour of colloidal PbSe quantum dot exciton emission coupled into silicon photonic circuits

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 10453-10469

  Foell, Charles A ^a   Schelew, Ellen ^a   Qiao, Haijun ^a,b   Abel, Keith A ^c   Hughes, Stephen ^d   Van Veggel, Frank C J M ^c   Young, Jeff F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^d QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOTOEXCITATION; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SILICON WAFERS;

CAVITY MODE; CMOS COMPATIBLE; COLLOIDAL QUANTUM DOTS; CONTINUOUS WAVE; EXCITON DECAY; GAUSSIAN SPOT; MASTER EQUATIONS; NON-RADIATIVE; OPTICAL CIRCUITS; PHOTON EMISSIONS; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL CAVITIES; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL MICROCAVITIES; PUMP POWER; QUANTUM DOT EXCITONS; SILICON CHANNEL; SILICON ON INSULATOR WAFERS; SILICON PHOTONICS; TRAP STATE;

EXCITONS;

HELIUM; LEAD; LEAD SELENIDE; NEON; QUANTUM DOT; SELENIUM DERIVATIVE; SILICON; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COLLOID; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PHOTON; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

COLLOIDS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HELIUM; LEAD; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEON; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PHOTONS; QUANTUM DOTS; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SILICON; SOLVENTS;

EID: 84861147149     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.010453     Document Type: Article

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