Voltage-controlled quantum light from an atomically thin semiconductor

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 507-511

  Chakraborty, Chitraleema ^a   Kinnischtzke, Laura ^a   Goodfellow, Kenneth M ^a,b   Beams, Ryan ^c   Vamivakas, A Nick ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFECTS; EXCITED STATES; NANOCRYSTALS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; QUANTUM OPTICS; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS;

ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC FIELDS; EXCITED STATE LIFETIMES; HIGH RESOLUTION METROLOGY; NATURALLY OCCURRING; OPTICALLY ACTIVE QUANTUM DOTS; QUANTUM INFORMATION SCIENCE; QUANTUM-INFORMATION PROCESSING; TUNGSTEN DISELENIDE;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

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

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIGHT; LOW TEMPERATURE; MAGNETIC FIELD; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PHOTON; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SEMICONDUCTOR; SOLID STATE;

EID: 84930454158     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2015.79     Document Type: Article

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