Photons and (artificial) atoms: An overview of optical spectroscopy techniques on quantum dots

Contemporary Physics

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 17-36

  Vamivakas, A N ^a   Atature M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Excitons; Quantum dots; Quantum information science; Quantum optics; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77449100381     PISSN: 00107514     EISSN: 13665812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00107510903298198     Document Type: Article

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