Excitons in Nanostructures

This book covers the concepts and applications of excitons in nanostructures. After an introduction of nanostructures, the book moves into excitons, effects of electric and magnetic fields on exciton states, exciton and light interaction, exciton photo luminescence, magnetic field induced polarized photoluminescence, optical orientation of carriers and excitons in nanostructures, excitons in the presence of two dimensional electron gas, charged exciton complexes in quantum wells, charged excitons in quantum dots, and bi and multiple exciton complexes.

Introduction. Types of Nanostructures. Carrier Quantization in Nanostructures. Excitons. Effects of Electric and Magnetic Fields on the Exciton States. Exciton – Light Interaction. Exciton Photoluminescence. Magnetic Field Induced Polarized Photoluminescence (MCPL). Optical Orientation of Carriers and Excitons in Nanostructures. Excitons in the Presence of Two Dimensional Electron Gas (2DEG). Charged Exciton Complexes in Quantum Wells. Charged Excitons in Quantum Dots. Biexcitons. Multiple Exciton Complexes. Electron-hole Drops.

Vladimir P. Kochereshko, PhD, is a senior researcher at the Loffe Physical-Technical Institute, Russia.