Superabsorption of light via quantum engineering

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Higgins, K D B ^a   Benjamin, S C ^a,b   Stace, T M ^c   Milburn, G J ^c   Lovett, B W ^d   Gauger, E M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOMATERIAL; NITROGEN; QUANTUM DOT;

ABSORPTION; ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LIGHT EFFECT; NANOTECHNOLOGY; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

ARTICLE; ATOM; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; NANOENGINEERING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTON;

EID: 84907343780     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5705     Document Type: Article

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