Bistability of optically induced nuclear spin orientation in quantum dots

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 19, 2007, Pages

  Russell, A ^a   Fal'ko, Vladimir I ^a   Tartakovskii, A I ^b   Skolnick, M S ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 36148992659     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.76.195310     Document Type: Article

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