Structural analysis of strained quantum dots using nuclear magnetic resonance

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 646-650

  Chekhovich, E A ^a   Kavokin, K V ^b   Puebla, J ^a   Krysa, A B ^a   Hopkinson, M ^a   Andreev, A D ^c   Sanchez, A M ^d   Beanland, R ^d   Skolnick, M S ^a   Tartakovskii, A I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c HITACHI CAMBRIDGE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; LOGIC DEVICES; NANOCRYSTALS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PARTICLE BEAMS; QUANTUM OPTICS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SPIN DYNAMICS;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; QUANTUM LOGIC DEVICES; QUANTUM-INFORMATION PROCESSING; RADIOFREQUENCY EXCITATIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOSTRUCTURES; SINGLE-PHOTON SOURCE; STRAIN DISTRIBUTIONS;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

NANOMATERIAL; QUANTUM DOT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ELECTRON; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NANOANALYSIS; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; SEMICONDUCTOR; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84871033246     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2012.142     Document Type: Article

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