Phonon-assisted exciton transfer into silicon using nanoemitters: The role of phonons and temperature effects in förster resonance energy transfer

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 10492-10501

  Yeltik, Aydan ^a   Guzelturk, Burak ^a,b   Hernandez Martinez, Pedro Ludwig ^a,b   Govorov, Alexander O ^c   Demir, Hilmi Volkan ^a,b  

^a BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

exciton exciton coupling; F rster resonance energy transfer; FRET; indirect band gap semiconductor; nanoemitters; nonradiative energy transfer; NRET; phonons; quantum dots; silicon; temperature

Indexed keywords

BAND-GAP SEMICONDUCTORS; EXCITON-EXCITON COUPLING; FRET; NANOEMITTERS; NONRADIATIVE ENERGY TRANSFER; NRET; RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER;

ELECTRON EMISSION; ENERGY TRANSFER; EXCITONS; RESONANCE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SILICON; TEMPERATURE;

PHONONS;

EID: 84891367203     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn404627p     Document Type: Article

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