Electric-field-induced coherent coupling of the exciton states in a single quantum dot

Nature Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 947-950

  Bennett, A J ^a   Pooley, M A ^a,b   Stevenson, R M ^a   Ward, M B ^a   Patel, R B ^a,b   De La Giroday, A Boyer ^a,b   Skod N ^a   Farrer, I ^b   Nicoll, C A ^b   Ritchie, D A ^b   Shields, A J ^a  

^a TOSHIBA CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; EXCITONS; NANOCRYSTALS; QUANTUM OPTICS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

COHERENT COUPLING; ELECTRIC FIELD INDUCED; ELECTRON HOLE PAIRS; ENTANGLED PHOTON PAIRS; QUANTUM EFFECTS; SINGLE QUANTUM DOT; TWO-LEVEL SYSTEM; VERTICAL ELECTRIC FIELDS;

QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT;

EID: 78649834554     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1780     Document Type: Article

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