The ultimate limit to the emission linewidth of single nanocrystals

Nanotechnology

Volumn 24, Issue 46, 2013, Pages

  Fernée, Mark J ^a,b   Sinito, Chiara ^a,b   Louyer, Yann ^a   Tamarat, Philippe ^a,b   Lounis, Brahim ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b Laboratoire Photonique   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYOGENIC TEMPERATURES; EMISSION LINEWIDTH; MEASUREMENTS OF; PHOTO-LUMINESCENCE EXCITATION; SINGLE NANOCRYSTALS; SPECTRAL BROADENING; SPECTRAL DIFFUSION; SPECTRAL PEAK POSITIONS;

NANOCRYSTALS;

LINEWIDTH;

EID: 84887094671     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/24/46/465703     Document Type: Article

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