Single electron charging in deterministically positioned InAs/InP quantum dots

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Reimer, M E ^a,b   Dalacu, D ^a   Lapointe, J ^a   Poole, P J ^a   Kim, D ^a   Aers, G C ^a   McKinnon, W R ^a   Williams, R L ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRONS; III-V SEMICONDUCTORS; INDIUM ARSENIDE; NANOCRYSTALS; QUANTUM OPTICS;

DOT COMPOSITION; ELECTRON CHARGING; ELECTRON NUMBER; INAS/INP QUANTUM DOTS; PRECISE CONTROL; QUANTUM INFORMATION APPLICATIONS; SINGLE-ELECTRON CHARGING; VERTICAL ELECTRIC FIELDS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 58149512469     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3063048     Document Type: Article

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