Optical control of one and two hole spins in interacting quantum dots

Nature Photonics

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 702-708

  Greilich, Alex ^a,b,d   Carter, Samuel G ^a   Kim, Danny ^a,c,e   Bracker, Allan S ^a   Gammon, Daniel ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 80455160365     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2011.237     Document Type: Article

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