Suppression of acoustic-phonon-induced electron transitions in coupled quantum dots

Physica E: Low-Dimensional Systems and Nanostructures

Volumn 26, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 427-431

  Bertoni, A ^a,b   Rontani, M ^a   Goldoni, G ^a,b   Troiani, F ^a,b   Molinari, E ^a,b  

^a INFM   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acoustic phonons; Coupled quantum dots; Decoherence

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRON SCATTERING; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; HAMILTONIANS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; PHONONS;

ACOUSTIC PHONONS; COUPLED QUANTUM DOTS; DECOHERENCE; DOUBLE QUANTUM DOTS (DQD);

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 13444261038     PISSN: 13869477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physe.2004.08.093     Document Type: Conference Paper

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