Semiconductor quantum dots and related systems: electronic, optical, luminescence and related properties of low dimensional systems

AD Yoffe - Advances in physics, 2001 - Taylor & Francis
This review seeks to extend the scope of both the experimental and theoreticalwork carried
out since I completed my 1993 review on the electronic, optical, andto a lesser extent, the …

[BOOK][B] High-resolution X-ray scattering: from thin films to lateral nanostructures

U Pietsch, V Holy, T Baumbach - 2004 - books.google.com
During the last 20 years interest in high-resolution x-ray diffractometry and reflectivity has
grown as a result of the development of the semiconductor industry and the increasing …

Self-assembled quantum dots in a nanowire system for quantum photonics

M Heiss, Y Fontana, A Gustafsson, G Wüst, C Magen… - Nature materials, 2013 - nature.com
Quantum dots embedded within nanowires represent one of the most promising
technologies for applications in quantum photonics. Whereas the top-down fabrication of …

Self-aligned Ge and SiGe three-dimensional epitaxy on dense Si pillar arrays

R Bergamaschini, F Isa, CV Falub, P Niedermann… - Surface science …, 2013 - Elsevier
In this report we present a novel strategy in selective epitaxial growth on top of Si pillars,
which results in a tessellated Ge film, composed by self-aligned micron-sized crystals in a …

Polarization-entangled photons produced with high-symmetry site-controlled quantum dots

A Mohan, M Felici, P Gallo, B Dwir, A Rudra, J Faist… - Nature …, 2010 - nature.com
Efficient sources of entangled photons 'on demand'are crucial for the development of
quantum information technology. Such sources cannot rely on parametric down-conversion …

[HTML][HTML] Bandgap engineering in a nanowire: self-assembled 0, 1 and 2D quantum structures

J Arbiol, M De La Mata, M Eickhoff, AF i Morral - Materials today, 2013 - Elsevier
Inherent to the nanowire morphology is the exciting possibility of fabricating materials
organized at the nanoscale in three dimensions. Composition and structure can be varied …

Mechanisms of self-ordering in nonplanar epitaxy of semiconductor nanostructures

G Biasiol, A Gustafsson, K Leifer, E Kapon - Physical Review B, 2002 - APS
We have developed an analytic model that describes in detail the establishment of self-
ordered profiles during semiconductor epitaxy on corrugated surfaces. Lateral, self-ordered …

Phase segregation in AlInP shells on GaAs nanowires

N Sköld, JB Wagner, G Karlsson, T Hernán… - Nano …, 2006 - ACS Publications
We have studied morphology and phase segregation of AlInP shells on GaAs nanowires.
Photoluminescence measurements on single core− shell nanowires indicated variations in …

Integration of site-controlled pyramidal quantum dots and photonic crystal membrane cavities

P Gallo, M Felici, B Dwir, KA Atlasov… - Applied Physics …, 2008 - pubs.aip.org
The authors demonstrate the deterministic coupling between a single, site-controlled In Ga
As∕ Ga As pyramidal quantum dot (QD) and a photonic crystal membrane cavity defect. The …

Combined effects of hydrostatic pressure and temperature on nonlinear properties of an exciton in a spherical quantum dot under the applied electric field

L Lu, W **e, Z Shu - Physica B: Condensed Matter, 2011 - Elsevier
Within the framework of the effective-mass approximation, we have calculated the combined
effects of hydrostatic pressure, temperature and applied electric field on an exciton confined …