Bright trions in direct-bandgap silicon nanocrystals revealed by low-temperature single-nanocrystal spectroscopy

Light: Science and Applications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Kůsová, Kateřina ^a   Pelant, Ivan ^a   Valenta, Jan ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Direct bandgap; low temperature single nanocrystal spectroscopy; silicon nanocrystals; trions

Indexed keywords

ENERGY GAP; PHONONS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SILICON; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

NARROW SPECTRAL LINES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTRUM; RADIATIVE RECOMBINATION; SILICON NANOCRYSTALS; SINGLE NANOCRYSTALS; SURFACE CAPPING LAYERS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TRIONS;

NANOCRYSTALS;

EID: 84943752672     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20477538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/lsa.2015.109     Document Type: Article

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