TY - CHAP AU - S. Valdueza-Felip AU - F. B. Naranjo AU - M. González-Herráez AU - E. Monroy AU - J. Solís ED - Ameenah Al-Ahmadi Y1 - 2012-04-04 PY - 2012 T1 - Ultrafast Nonlinear Optical Response in GaN/AlN Quantum Dots for Optical Switching Applications at 1.55 μm N2 - The book “Quantum dots: A variety of a new applications” provides some collections of practical applications of quantum dots. This book is divided into four sections. In section 1 a review of the thermo-optical characterization of CdSe/ZnS core-shell nanocrystal solutions was performed. The Thermal Lens (TL) technique was used, and the thermal self-phase Modulation (TSPM) technique was adopted as the simplest alternative method. Section 2 includes five chapters where novel optical and lasing application are discussed. In section 3 four examples of quantum dot system for different applications in electronics are given. Section 4 provides three examples of using quantum dot system for biological applications. This is a collaborative book sharing and providing fundamental research such as the one conducted in Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Material Science, Medicine with a base text that could serve as a reference in research by presenting up-to-date research work on the field of quantum dot systems. BT - Quantum Dots SP - Ch. 5 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/36719 DO - 10.5772/36719 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-23 ER -