Element-sensitive measurement of the hole-nuclear spin interaction in quantum dots

Nature Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 74-78

  Chekhovich, E A ^a   Glazov, M M ^b,c   Krysa, A B ^a   Hopkinson, M ^a   Senellart, P ^d   Lemaitre A ^d   Skolnick, M S ^a   Tartakovskii, A I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIV PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; GALLIUM ARSENIDE; III-V SEMICONDUCTORS; INDIUM PHOSPHIDE; NANOCRYSTALS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM PHOSPHIDE; VALENCE BANDS;

HYPERFINE CONSTANTS; HYPERFINE COUPLING; HYPERFINE INTERACTIONS; NEW MECHANISMS; ORBITAL COMPOSITION; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOSTRUCTURES; SENSITIVE MEASUREMENT; VALENCE-BAND HOLES;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84873411193     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys2514     Document Type: Article

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