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Optical gain in silicon nanocrystals: Current status and perspectives
Author(s) -
Pelant Ivan
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
physica status solidi (a)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.532
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1862-6319
pISSN - 1862-6300
DOI - 10.1002/pssa.201000374
Subject(s) - nanocrystal , materials science , silicon , current (fluid) , nanotechnology , luminescence , optoelectronics , engineering physics , physics , engineering , electrical engineering
The article presents a short overview of the worldwide experimental activity directed towards vindicating the occurrence of positive optical gain in dense assemblies of luminescent silicon nanocrystals. In spite of an intense interest in the field, the achieved results are non‐uniform till now. Hints how to proceed further are given.