Confluence of resonant laser excitation and bidirectional quantum-dot nuclear-spin polarization

Nature Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 758-763

  Latta, C ^a   Hogele A ^a,f   Zhao, Y ^b,g   Vamivakas, A N ^b   Maletinsky, P ^a   Kroner, M ^a   Dreiser, J ^a   Carusotto, I ^c   Badolato, A ^d   Schuh, D ^e   Wegscheider, W ^a,e   Atature, M ^b   Imamoglu, A ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOM LASERS; LASER EXCITATION; LOCKS (FASTENERS); NANOCRYSTALS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SPIN FLUCTUATIONS; SPIN POLARIZATION;

EXPERIMENTAL PARAMETERS; LASER SCATTERING; MASTER EQUATIONS; NUCLEAR SPIN SYSTEM; NUCLEAR-SPIN POLARIZATION; PHOTON CORRELATION; RESONANT ABSORPTION; RESONANT LASER EXCITATIONS;

QUANTUM DOT LASERS;

EID: 70350132684     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1363     Document Type: Article

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