Electron spin dynamics in a self-assembled semiconductor quantum dot: The limit of low magnetic fields

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Akimov, I A ^a   Feng, D H ^a   Henneberger, F ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL LATTICES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; OPTICAL DEVICES; POLARIZATION; PUMPING (LASER); RELAXATION PROCESSES; SELF ASSEMBLY;

ELECTRON SPIN DYNAMICS; HYPERFINE INTERACTION; LATTICE NUCLEI; STRANSKI-KRASTANOV QUANTUM DOTS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 33746793222     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.056602     Document Type: Article

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