Exciton spin relaxation in quantum dots measured using ultrafast transient polarization grating spectroscopy

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 19, 2006, Pages

  Scholes, Gregory D ^a   Kim, Jeongho ^a   Wong, Cathy Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 33646888003     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.73.195325     Document Type: Article

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