Atomistic theory of highly excited nanocrystals and quantum dot molecules

Pawel Hawrylak

National Research Council, Institute for Microstructural Sciences, Quantum Theory, Ottawa, Canada

We describe atomistic theory of optical properties of single CdTe nanocrystals including mixing of multi-exciton configurations. Exciton, bi-exciton and their Auger coupling are evaluated. Coupling of nanocrystals into more complex molecules is explored on simple models and discussed in terms of topology and chirality.

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