Excitation dynamics in a three-quantum dot system driven by optical near-field interaction: Towards a nanometric photonic device

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 210, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 247-251

  Kobayashi, K ^a   Sangu, S ^a   Shojiguchi, A ^a   Kawazoe, T ^a   Kitahara, K ^b   Ohtsu, M ^a,c  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Tokyo Institute of Technology ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

Coherent dynamics; Effective finite range interaction; Nanometric photonic device; Optical near field interaction; Phonon relaxation; Yukawa function

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COPPER COMPOUNDS; DYNAMICS; ENERGY TRANSFER; EXCITONS; NANOCRYSTALS; PHONONS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

COHERENT DYNAMICS; EFFECTIVE FINITE-RANGE INTERACTION; NANOMETRIC PHOTONIC DEVICE; NANOMETRICS; OPTICAL NEAR FIELD; OPTICAL NEAR-FIELD INTERACTION; PHONON RELAXATION; PHOTONICS DEVICES; QUANTUM DOT SYSTEMS; YUKAWA FUNCTION;

PHOTONIC DEVICES;

COPPER CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DEVICE; DIPOLE; DYNAMICS; ENERGY TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; OPTICS; PHONON; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SCANNING NEAR FIELD OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; VIBRATION;

EID: 0038339488     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.2003.01131.x     Document Type: Article

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