A general approach to quantum dynamics using a variational master equation: Application to phonon-damped Rabi rotations in quantum dots

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 84, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  McCutcheon, Dara P S ^a   Dattani, Nikesh S ^b   Gauger, Erik M ^b   Lovett, Brendon W ^b,c   Nazir, Ahsan ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 80052477189     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.84.081305     Document Type: Article

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