Vacuum Rabi splitting in semiconductors

Nature Physics

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 81-90

  Khitrova, G ^a   Gibbs, H M ^a   Kira, M ^b   Koch, S W ^b   Scherer, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDES; ELECTRODYNAMICS; NANOCRYSTALS; QUANTUM OPTICS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

CAVITY QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS; MICRODISK RESONATORS; QUANTUM INFORMATION DEVICE; QUANTUM WELL SYSTEMS; SEMICONDUCTOR CAVITY; SINGLE QUANTUM DOT; SOLID-STATE MATERIALS; VACUUM RABI SPLITTING;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 33646700797     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys227     Document Type: Review

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