Entry Date:
February 12, 2013

Center for Excitonics: Semiconductor Nanocrystals

Principal Investigator Moungi Bawendi

Co-investigators Karl Berggren , Vladimir Bulovic


The aim of this working group is to understand exciton dynamics in semiconductor nanocrystals using multiexciton spectroscopy and photonic interrogation of single quantum dots in the visible and infrared. Key topics in this group are superconducting nanowire single photon detectors for single dot spectroscopy in the infrared, and extreme nanolithography for managing the interaction between individual semiconductor nanocrystals and photons. This team complements the spectroscopic and synthetic capabilities of the Bawendi group with nano-scale fabrication and novel detectors.