Fast control of nuclear spin polarization in an optically pumped single quantum dot

Nature Materials

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 844-848

  Makhonin, M N ^a   Kavokin, K V ^b   Senellart, P ^c   Lemaitre A ^c   Ramsay, A J ^a   Skolnick, M S ^a   Tartakovskii, A I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIV PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROSPINNING; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; NANOCRYSTALS; QUANTUM OPTICS; SPIN DYNAMICS; SPIN POLARIZATION;

ADIABATIC DEMAGNETIZATION; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; NUCLEAR-SPIN POLARIZATION; RADIO FREQUENCIES; RADIO-FREQUENCY PULSE; RAPID ADIABATIC PASSAGE; SINGLE ELECTRON SPIN; SINGLE QUANTUM DOT;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 80054926762     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat3102     Document Type: Article

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