Circularly polarized light detection by a chiral organic semiconductor transistor

Nature Photonics

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 634-638

  Yang, Ying ^a   Da Costa, Rosenildo Correa ^a   Fuchter, Matthew J ^a   Campbell, Alasdair J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULARLY POLARIZED; CIRCULARLY POLARIZED LIGHT; INTEGRATED DEVICE; INTEGRATED PHOTONICS; PHOTONIC TECHNOLOGIES; SEMICONDUCTING LAYER; SEMICONDUCTING MOLECULES; SEMICONDUCTOR TRANSISTORS;

CHIRALITY; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MOLECULES; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; ORGANIC FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

CIRCULAR POLARIZATION;

EID: 84881145939     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2013.176     Document Type: Article

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