Bulletin of the Russian Academy of Sciences Physics

Modeling the Induction of Excitons upon the Continuous-Wave Laser Excitation of an Ensemble of Semiconductor Quantum Dots

В. В. Самарцев, Tatiana G. Mitrofanova, Oleg Kh Khasanov

Published Dec 1, 2020• 1 citation

Abstract

Abstract A theoretical investigation is performed for the possibility and conditions of the stimulated induction of excitons in a thin layer of semiconductor quantum dots upon excitation by continuous-wave laser radiation.

DOI: 10.3103/s1062873820120321

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