Colloidal and Self-Assembled Quantum Dots for Optical Gain

Comprehensive Nanoscience and Technology

Volumn 1-5, Issue , 2011, Pages 493-542

  Kambhampati, P ^a   Mi, Z ^a   Cooney, R R ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carrier recombination; Carrier relaxation; Epitaxial growth; Exciton; Gain; Laser; Light amplification; Nanocrystal; Quantum dot

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015357628     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374396-1.00038-6     Document Type: Chapter

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