A light-hole exciton in a quantum dot

Nature Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 46-51

  Huo, Y H ^a   Witek, B J ^b   Kumar, S ^a   Cardenas, J R ^c   Zhang, J X ^a   Akopian, N ^b,d   Singh, R ^c   Zallo, E ^a   Grifone, R ^e   Kriegner, D ^e   Trotta, R ^a,e   Ding, F ^a   Stangl, J ^e   Zwiller, V ^b   Bester, G ^c   Rastelli, A ^a,e   Schmidt, O G ^a,f  

^a IFW DRESDEN   (Germany)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^d EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^e JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^f CENTER FOR ADVANCING ELECTRONICS DRESDEN CFAED   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXCITONS; GROUND STATE; NANOCRYSTALS; QUANTUM OPTICS;

FINE STRUCTURE SPLITTING; FUNDAMENTAL PROPERTIES; HEAVY HOLE EXCITONS; LIGHT HOLE EXCITON; OUT-OF-PLANE COMPONENTS; QUANTUM INFORMATION SCIENCE; QUANTUM TECHNOLOGIES; SINGLE PARTICLE;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84916597740     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys2799     Document Type: Article

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