Optical detection of the Aharonov-Bohm effect on a charged particle in a nanoscale quantum ring

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 90, Issue 18, 2003, Pages

  Bayer, M ^a,c   Korkusinski, M ^b   Hawrylak, P ^b   Gutbrod, T ^c   Michel, M ^c   Forchel, A ^c  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON EMISSION; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; EXCITONS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OSCILLATIONS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; QUANTUM THEORY; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

AHARONOV-BOHM EFFECT; NANOSCALE QUANTUM RING; OPTICAL DETECTION; SINGLE RING STRUCTURE;

CHARGED PARTICLES;

EID: 0038271825     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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