Many-body exciton states in self-assembled quantum dots coupled to a Fermi sea

Nature Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 534-538

  Kleemans, N A J M ^a   Van Bree, J ^a   Govorov, A O ^b   Keizer, J G ^a   Hamhuis, G J ^a   Notzel R ^a   Silov, A Yu ^a   Koenraad, P M ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRON GAS; EXCITONS; KONDO EFFECT; NANOCRYSTALS; QUANTUM HALL EFFECT; QUANTUM OPTICS;

DEGENERATE ELECTRON GAS; FERMI EDGE SINGULARITY; FRACTIONAL QUANTUM HALL EFFECTS; MAGNETIC IMPURITY; MANY-BODY INTERACTIONS; METALLIC CONTACTS; QUANTUM-INFORMATION PROCESSING; SELF ASSEMBLED QUANTUM DOTS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 77954320154     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1673     Document Type: Article

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