Strain-mediated coupling in a quantum dot-mechanical oscillator hybrid system

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 106-110

  Yeo, I ^a,b   De Assis, P L ^a   Gloppe, A ^c   Dupont Ferrier, E ^c   Verlot, P ^c   Malik, N S ^b   Dupuy, E ^b   Claudon, J ^b   Gerard J M ^b   Auffeves A ^a   Nogues, G ^a   Seidelin, S ^c   Poizat, J Ph ^a   Arcizet, O ^c   Richard, M ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE CRISTALLOGRAPHIE   (France)

^b CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); HYBRID SYSTEMS; NANOCRYSTALS; OSCILLISTORS; QUANTUM OPTICS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EXCITON-PHONON COUPLINGS; EXPERIMENTAL REALIZATIONS; FLEXURAL VIBRATION MODES; LIGHT-EXTRACTION EFFICIENCY; MECHANICAL OSCILLATORS; MECHANICAL SPECTROSCOPY; QUANTUM DOT TRANSITION; QUANTUM INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES;

VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

NANOWIRE; QUANTUM DOT;

ARTICLE; ENERGY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; LIGHT; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICS; OSCILLATOR; PHONON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; VIBRATION; EXTRACTION; PHASE TRANSITION; SOLID STATE; TIME; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM;

EID: 84893645463     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2013.274     Document Type: Article

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