“…InAs, GaAs) (Kabi & Perera, 2015;Uesugi et al, 2015), group II-VI (e.g. CdSe, ZnS) (Bain & Ivanisevic, 2015;Peng, Sampat et al, 2015;Zhou et al, 2015) and group IV (C, Si) semiconductor quantum structures (Abualnaja et al, 2015;Qian et al, 2015;Wolf et al, 2013;Zhang et al, 2012). Another group IV semiconductor, Ge, a close structural and electronic analogue to Si, has received limited attention, but recently there has been significant interest in understanding the optical properties of Ge QDs (Barbagiovanni et al, 2014;Scarselli et al, 2007;Sun, Sue et al, 2005;Wheeler et al, 2013;Little et al, 2014).…”