Multiexciton dynamics in infrared-emitting colloidal nanostructures probed by a superconducting nanowire single-photon detector

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 9532-9540

  Sandberg, Richard L ^a   Padilha, Lazaro A ^a   Qazilbash, Muhammad M ^a   Bae, Wan Ki ^a   Schaller, Richard D ^a,b   Pietryga, Jeffrey M ^a   Stevens, Martin J ^c   Baek, Burm ^c   Nam, Sae Woo ^c   Klimov, Victor I ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auger recombination; carrier multiplication; multiexciton; nanocrystal quantum dot; nanorod; photoluminesence; superconducting nanowire single photon detector

Indexed keywords

AUGER RECOMBINATION; CARRIER MULTIPLICATION; MULTIEXCITONS; PHOTOLUMINESENCE; SINGLE-PHOTON DETECTORS;

NANOCRYSTALS; NANORODS; NANOWIRES; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTONS; QUANTUM YIELD; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

PARTICLE BEAMS;

NANOTUBE; QUANTUM DOT;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COLLOID; CONDUCTOMETRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; INFRARED RADIATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOMETRY; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

COLLOIDS; CONDUCTOMETRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; INFRARED RAYS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES; PHOTOMETRY; QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84870439431     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn3043226     Document Type: Article

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