Coherent population transfer in coupled semiconductor quantum dots

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 77, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1864-1866

  Hohenester, Ulrich ^a   Troiani, Filippo ^a   Molinari, Elisa ^a   Panzarini, Giovanna ^b   Macchiavello, Chiara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

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EID: 0000727722     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1311820     Document Type: Article

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