Coherent coupling between distant excitons revealed by two-dimensional nonlinear hyperspectral imaging

Nature Photonics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 57-63

  Kasprzak, J ^a,c,d   Patton, B ^a,c,d   Savona, V ^b   Langbein, W ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT COUPLING; GAAS/ALGAAS QUANTUM WELL; HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING; LOCALIZED EXCITON; QUANTUM INFORMATION; QUANTUM-INFORMATION PROCESSING; SOLID-STATE MATRIX; TWO-QUBIT OPERATIONS;

DATA PROCESSING; QUANTUM OPTICS; SPECTROSCOPY; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

EXCITONS;

EID: 78650571911     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2010.284     Document Type: Article

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