Self-assembled quantum dots in a nanowire system for quantum photonics

Nature Materials

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 439-444

  Heiss, M ^a   Fontana, Y ^a   Gustafsson, A ^b   Wust G ^c   Magen, C ^d   O'Regan, D D ^a   Luo, J W ^e   Ketterer, B ^a   Conesa Boj, S ^a   Kuhlmann, A V ^c   Houel, J ^c   Russo Averchi, E ^d   Morante, J R ^f,g   Cantoni, M ^a   Marzari, N ^a   Arbiol, J ^h   Zunger, A ⁱ   Warburton, R J ^c   Fontcuberta I Morral, A ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^e NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^f CATALONIA INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY RESEARCH IREC   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^h INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA DE MATERIALS DE BARCELONA ICMAB CSIC   (Spain)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; NANOWIRES;

BOTTOM-UP FABRICATION; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE CALCULATIONS; REPRODUCIBILITIES; SELF ASSEMBLED QUANTUM DOTS; SILICON SUBSTRATES; SOLID STATE LIGHTING; TECHNOLOGICAL CHALLENGES; TOP-DOWN FABRICATION;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84876679524     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat3557     Document Type: Article

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