Tuning the tunnel coupling of quantum dot molecules with longitudinal magnetic fields

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 22, 2008, Pages

  Climente, J I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUND STATE; MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIC FIELDS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS;

ENERGY SPLITTING; FLEXIBLE MECHANISMS; GROUND STATE TRANSITIONS; LONGITUDINAL MAGNETIC FIELDS; MOLECULAR GROUND STATES; MOLECULAR STATES; NEGATIVE VALUES; QUANTUM DOTS; TO SWITCHES; TUNNEL COUPLINGS; VERTICALLY STACKED QUANTUM DOTS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 57349090196     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3040058     Document Type: Article

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