Attractive versus repulsive excitonic interactions of colloidal quantum dots control blue- to red-shifting (and non-shifting) amplified spontaneous emission

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 4146-4152

  Cihan, Ahmet Fatih ^a,d   Kelestemur, Yusuf ^a   Guzelturk, Burak ^a,b   Yerli, Ozan ^a   Kurum, Ulas ^c   Yaglioglu, Halime Gul ^c   Elmali, Ayhan ^c   Demir, Hilmi Volkan ^a,b  

^a BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

amplified spontaneous emission; CdSe CdS; exciton exciton interactions; nanocrystals; near unity efficiency; quantum dots; two photon absorption

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIED SPONTANEOUS EMISSIONS; CDSE/CDS; COLLOIDAL QUANTUM DOTS; EXCITON-EXCITON INTERACTIONS; EXCITONIC INTERACTION; QUANTUM MECHANICAL MODEL; TPA CROSS SECTIONS; TWO-PHOTON ABSORPTIONS;

LIGHT POLARIZATION; NANOCRYSTALS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; TWO PHOTON PROCESSES;

LUMINESCENCE OF ORGANIC SOLIDS;

EID: 84890377048     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz402211m     Document Type: Article

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