Title :
Ultrafast processes in semiconductor nanocrystals and metal nanoparticles
Author_Institution :
Center for Nanoscale Mater., Argonne Nat. Lab., Argonne, IL, USA
Abstract :
I will describe our studies of ultrafast light-induced processes in semiconductor nanocrystals and metal nanoparticles, including acoustic vibrations in gold nanoparticles and charge separation in metal clusters and semiconductor nanocrystal heterostructures.
Keywords :
gold; high-speed optical techniques; metal clusters; nanoparticles; nanophotonics; optical materials; semiconductor materials; Au; acoustic vibrations; charge separation; gold nanoparticles; metal clusters; metal nanoparticles; semiconductor nanocrystal heterostructures; ultrafast light-induced processes; ultrafast processes; Metals; Nanocrystals; Plasmons; Ultrafast optics; Vibrations;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
