Quantum dot Rabi rotations beyond the weak exciton-phonon coupling regime

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2010, Pages

  McCutcheon, Dara P S ^a   Nazir, Ahsan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAMPING RATE; DRIVING FREQUENCIES; EXCITON-PHONON COUPLINGS; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; LOCAL PROJECTIONS; LOW TEMPERATURES; MASTER EQUATIONS; MULTIPHONONS; NON-MARKOVIAN EFFECTS; QUANTUM DOT; RENORMALIZATION; WEAK COUPLINGS;

EXCITONS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; POLARONS; ROTATION; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

PHONONS;

EID: 78650154863     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/12/11/113042     Document Type: Article

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