Laser cooling with PbSe colloidal quantum dots

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 676-682

  Nemova, Galina ^a   Kashyap, Raman ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS; LASER COOLING; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

ABSORPTION CROSS SECTIONS; ANTI-STOKES FLUORESCENCE; COLLOIDAL QUANTUM DOTS; COOLING PROCESS; EXCITED LEVELS; GLASS HOSTS; PHONON ENERGIES; PUMP POWER; RARE EARTH IONS;

ABSORPTION COOLING;

EID: 84861414238     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.29.000676     Document Type: Article

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