Optical pumping of a single hole spin in a quantum dot

Nature

Volumn 451, Issue 7177, 2008, Pages 441-444

  Gerardot, Brian D ^a   Brunner, Daniel ^a   Dalgarno, Paul A ^a   Öhberg, Patrik ^a   Seidl, Stefan ^b   Kroner, Martin ^b   Karrai, Khaled ^b   Stoltz, Nick G ^c   Petroff, Pierre M ^c   Warburton, Richard J ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c University of California at Santa Barbara   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE; QUANTUM DOT; SILICON;

CARBON; ELECTRON; MAGNETIC FIELD; POLARIZATION; PUMPING; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SILICON;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; ELECTRON; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; OPTICAL PUMPING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICONDUCTOR; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 38549176662     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature06472     Document Type: Article

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