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Title: Femtosecond chirp-free studies of energy relaxation in semiconductor quantum dots: Search for a phonon bottleneck

Conference ·
OSTI ID:524984

Contrary to the predictions of phonon bottleneck theories, we observe very fast subpicosecond energy relaxation in strongly confined semiconductor nanocrystals with electron level spacing as large as 20 LO phonon energies.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Assistant Secretary for Human Resources and Administration, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-36
OSTI ID:
524984
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-97-1572; CONF-970515-3; ON: DE97007756
Resource Relation:
Conference: QELS `97: quantum electronics and laser science conference, Baltimore, MD (United States), 18-23 May 1997; Other Information: PBD: [1997]
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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