Optical readout and initialization of an electron spin in a single quantum dot

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 20, 2003, Pages

  Shabaev, A ^a   Efros, Al L ^a   Gammon, D ^a   Merkulov, I A ^b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; MAGNETIC FIELD; OPTICAL DENSITY; POLARIZATION; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 8744255156     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.68.201305     Document Type: Article

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