Unconventional motional narrowing in the optical spectrum of a semiconductor quantum dot

Nature Physics

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 759-764

  Berthelot, A ^a   Favero, I ^a   Cassabois, G ^a   Voisin, C ^a   Delalande, C ^a   Roussignol, Ph ^a   Ferreira, R ^a   Gerard J M ^b  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETISM; NANOCRYSTALS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; QUANTUM OPTICS;

EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; INCIDENT POWER; LOCAL MAGNETIC FIELD; OF QUANTUM-INFORMATION; OPTICAL RESPONSE; OPTICAL SPECTRA; SPECTRAL DIFFUSION; THERMALLY ACTIVATED;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 33750620514     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys433     Document Type: Article

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