Terahertz bandwidth all-optical modulation and logic using multiexcitons in semiconductor nanocrystals

Nano Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 722-727

  Saari, Jonathan I ^a   Krause, Michael M ^a   Walsh, Brenna R ^a   Kambhampati, Patanjali ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

multiexcitons; nanocrystals; optical gain; Optical logic; optical modulation; switching

Indexed keywords

ALL-OPTICAL LOGIC; ALL-OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; FEMTOSECOND OPTICAL PULSE; HIGH-SPEED MODULATION; MODULATION RATES; MULTIEXCITONS; OPTICAL LOGIC; QUANTUM CONFINEMENT EFFECTS; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYSTALS; TERA HERTZ;

ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; LIGHT MODULATION; OPTICAL GAIN; OPTICAL PUMPING; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SWITCHING;

NANOCRYSTALS;

EID: 84873678393     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl3044053     Document Type: Article

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