Quantum Confinement Regimes in CdTe Nanocrystals Probed by Single Dot Spectroscopy: From Strong Confinement to the Bulk Limit

ACS Nano

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 7840-7845

  Tilchin, Jenya ^a   Rabouw, Freddy T ^b   Isarov, Maya ^a   Vaxenburg, Roman ^a   Van Dijk Moes, Relinde J A ^b   Lifshitz, Efrat ^a   Vanmaekelbergh, Daniel ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

exciton localization; multiexcitons; semiconductor quantum dots; weak quantum confinement

Indexed keywords

BINDING ENERGY; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; EXCITONS; QUANTUM CONFINEMENT; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

BIEXCITON BINDING ENERGY; EXCITON LOCALIZATION; MAGNETIC FIELD STRENGTHS; MULTIEXCITONS; OPTICAL CHARACTERIZATION; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYSTALS; SINGLE DOT SPECTROSCOPY; STRONG CONFINEMENT;

NANOCRYSTALS;

EID: 84940121655     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b02597     Document Type: Article

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