Dynamics of optically induced nuclear spin polarization in individual InP/GaxIn1-xP quantum dots

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 24, 2010, Pages

  Chekhovich, E A ^a,b   Makhonin, M N ^a   Skiba Szymanska, J ^a,c   Krysa, A B ^a   Kulakovskii, V D ^b   Skolnick, M S ^a   Tartakovskii, A I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOLID STATE PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^c TOSHIBA CORPORATION   (Japan)

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EID: 77956336882     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.245308     Document Type: Article

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