Statistical Aging and Nonergodicity in the Fluorescence of Single Nanocrystals

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 90, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 4-

  Brokmann, X ^a   Hermier, J P ^a,b   Messin, G ^a   Desbiolles, P ^a   Bouchaud, J P ^c   Dahan, M ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE KASTLER BROSSEL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^c SERVICE DE PHYSIQUE DE L ETAT CONDENSÉ   (France)

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EID: 84879565255     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.120601     Document Type: Article

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