Polarimetry-based analysis of dipolar transitions of single colloidal CdSe/CdS dot-in-rods

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 16, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Lethiec, C ^a   Pisanello, F ^b   Carbone, L ^c   Bramati, A ^d   Coolen, L ^a   Maitre A ^a  

^a INSTITUT DES NANOSCIENCES DE PARIS   (France)

^b ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL NANOTECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (Italy)

^d LABORATOIRE KASTLER BROSSEL   (France)

Author keywords

colloidal nanoemitters; dipolar transition; fluorescence microscopy; polarimetry; semiconductor core shell nanorod; single photon sources

Indexed keywords

POLARIMETERS;

CDSE/CDS; CORE/SHELL NANORODS; DIPOLAR TRANSITION; NANOEMITTERS; SINGLE-PHOTON SOURCE;

FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84907202344     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/16/9/093014     Document Type: Article

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