Anti-Stokes cooling in semiconductor nanocrystal quantum dots : A feasibility study

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2497-2509
Journal / PublicationPhysica Status Solidi (A) Applications and Materials Science
Volume206
Issue number11
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2009
Externally publishedYes

Abstract

In this review, we discuss the feasibility of laser cooling of semiconductor nanocrystal quantum dots by phonon-assisted anti-Stokes photoluminescence. Taking into account recent experimental advances, in particular, the development of semiconductor nanocrystals with very high quantum yield, we analyze in detail how the various physical processes in nanocrystals might help or hinder the cooling process. Possible experimental approaches to achieve efficient optical cooling are also discussed. © 2009 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.

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Anti-Stokes cooling in semiconductor nanocrystal quantum dots: A feasibility study. / Rakovich, Yury P.; Donegan, John F.; Vasilevskiy, Mikhail I. et al.
In: Physica Status Solidi (A) Applications and Materials Science, Vol. 206, No. 11, 11.2009, p. 2497-2509.

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