Single photon emitters in exfoliated WSe2 structures

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 503-506

  Koperski, M ^a,b   Nogajewski, K ^a   Arora, A ^a   Cherkez, V ^c   Mallet, P ^c   Veuillen, J Y ^c   Marcus, J ^c   Kossacki, P ^a,b   Potemski, M ^a  

^a GRENOBLE HIGH MAGNETIC FIELD LABORATORY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^c UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; ENERGY GAP; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTONS; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS; WIDE BAND GAP SEMICONDUCTORS;

COMPOSITION FLUCTUATIONS; CRYSTAL IMPERFECTIONS; EXCITATION SPECTRUM; SEMICONDUCTOR HETEROSTRUCTURES; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION; SINGLE PHOTON EMITTERS; VISIBLE SPECTRAL RANGE; WIDE BAND-GAP MATERIAL;

TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS;

QUANTUM DOT; SELENIDE; SILICON DIOXIDE; TUNGSTEN; TUNGSTEN DISELENIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; EXCITATION; FILM; LOW TEMPERATURE; LUMINESCENCE; MICROSCOPY; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICONDUCTOR;

EID: 84930431627     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2015.67     Document Type: Article

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