Controlling the Aspect Ratio of Quantum Dots: From Columnar Dots to Quantum Rods

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1204-1213

  Li, Lianhe ^a   Patriarche, Gilles ^c   Chauvin, Nicolas ^a,b   Ridha, Philipp ^a   Rossetti, Marco ^a,d   Andrzejewski, Janusz ^e   Sçk, Grzegorz ^e   Misiewicz, Jan ^e   Fiore, Andrea ^a,b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d SHARP LABORATORIES OF EUROPE LTD   (United Kingdom)

^e WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Laser; molecular beam epitaxy; photoluminescence; quantum dots; quantum rods; semiconductor material

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008025257     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: 15584542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2008.919719     Document Type: Article

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