Radiative Auger process in the single-photon limit.


Journal

Nature nanotechnology
ISSN: 1748-3395
Titre abrégé: Nat Nanotechnol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101283273

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Jul 2020
Historique:
received: 10 12 2019
accepted: 22 04 2020
pubmed: 17 6 2020
medline: 17 6 2020
entrez: 17 6 2020
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

In a multi-electron atom, an excited electron can decay by emitting a photon. Typically, the leftover electrons are in their ground state. In a radiative Auger process, the leftover electrons are in an excited state and a redshifted photon is created

Identifiants

pubmed: 32541943
doi: 10.1038/s41565-020-0697-2
pii: 10.1038/s41565-020-0697-2
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

558-562

Subventions

Organisme : Swiss National Science Foundation | National Center of Competence in Research Quantum Science and Technology (NCCR "QSIT - Quantum Science and Technology")
ID : 200020 156637
Organisme : EC | Horizon 2020 Framework Programme (EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation H2020)
ID : 840453
Organisme : EC | Horizon 2020 Framework Programme (EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation H2020)
ID : 721394
Organisme : Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation)
ID : TRR160
Organisme : Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation)
ID : 383065199
Organisme : Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (Federal Ministry of Education and Research)
ID : Q.Link.X 16KIS0867
Organisme : Danmarks Grundforskningsfond (Danish National Research Foundation)
ID : DNRF139
Organisme : EC | EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation H2020 | H2020 Priority Excellent Science | H2020 European Research Council (H2020 Excellent Science - European Research Council)
ID : SCALE

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Auteurs

Matthias C Löbl (MC)

Department of Physics, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland. matthias.loebl@unibas.ch.

Clemens Spinnler (C)

Department of Physics, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.

Alisa Javadi (A)

Department of Physics, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.

Liang Zhai (L)

Department of Physics, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.

Giang N Nguyen (GN)

Department of Physics, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Lehrstuhl für Angewandte Festkörperphysik, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany.

Julian Ritzmann (J)

Lehrstuhl für Angewandte Festkörperphysik, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany.

Leonardo Midolo (L)

Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Peter Lodahl (P)

Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Andreas D Wieck (AD)

Lehrstuhl für Angewandte Festkörperphysik, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany.

Arne Ludwig (A)

Lehrstuhl für Angewandte Festkörperphysik, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany.

Richard J Warburton (RJ)

Department of Physics, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.

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