Strong coupling among semiconductor quantum dots induced by a metal nanoparticle

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages

  He, Yong ^a   Zhu, Ka Di ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECAY (ORGANIC); ELECTRODYNAMICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; EXCITONS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOCRYSTALS; SURFACE PLASMONS;

CAVITY QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS; COUPLED SYSTEMS; EXCITON ENERGIES; LIGHT-MATTER INTERACTIONS; NANOSCALE DEVICE; QUANTUM TRANSFORMATION; STRONG COUPLING; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS (SPP);

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84863230993     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-7-95     Document Type: Article

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