High-field magneto-photoluminescence of semiconductor nanostructures

Luminescence

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 179-196

  Hayne, Manus ^a   Bansal, Bhavtosh ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH KOLKATA   (India)

Author keywords

crystalline semiconductors; excitons; high field magneto PL; magnetic fields; magneto photoluminescence; photoluminescence; semiconductor nanostructures; semiconductor quantum dots; solid state physics

Indexed keywords

EXCITONS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETOS; NANOCRYSTALS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; WAVE FUNCTIONS;

APPLIED MAGNETIC FIELDS; CRYSTALLINE SEMICONDUCTORS; HIGH MAGNETIC FIELDS; HIGH-FIELD; HIGH-FIELD MAGNETO-PL; MAGNETIC-FIELD; MAGNETOPHOTOLUMINESCENCE; ORBITAL MOTIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOSTRUCTURES; SOLID-STATE PHYSICS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

NANOMATERIAL;

CHEMISTRY; LUMINESCENCE; MAGNETIC FIELD; REVIEW; SEMICONDUCTOR;

LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; NANOSTRUCTURES; SEMICONDUCTORS;

EID: 84862522394     PISSN: 15227235     EISSN: 15227243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bio.2342     Document Type: Review

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