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Optical Generation and Control of Quantum Coherence in Semiconductor Nanostructures

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Editors:
  1. Gabriela Slavcheva

    1. , The Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

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  2. Philippe Roussignol

    1. Labo. Pierre Aigrain, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris CX 05, France

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  • Addresses essential issues for new device applications, from novel lasers to spintronics
  • Focuses on promising new advances
  • Pays special attention to the optical control of spin coherence
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: NanoScience and Technology (NANO)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. Introduction

    • Gabriela Slavcheva, Philippe Roussignol
    Pages 1-6

  3. Carrier dynamics in quantum dots

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 8-8
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    2. Decoherence of intraband transitions in InAs quantum dots

      • Thomas Grange, Robson Ferreira, Gérald Bastard
      Pages 9-24

    3. Spectral diffusion dephasing and motional narrowing in single semiconductor quantum dots

      • Guillaume Cassabois
      Pages 25-35

  4. Optically-induced spin coherence in quantum dots

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 38-38
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    2. Carrier spin dynamics in self-assembled quantum dots

      • Edmund Clarke, Edmund Harbord, Ray Murray
      Pages 39-61

    3. Optically induced spin rotations in quantum dots

      • Sophia E. Economou, Thomas L. Reinecke
      Pages 63-83

    4. Ensemble spin coherence of singly charged InGaAs quantum dots

      • Alex Greilich, Dmitri R. Yakovlev, Manfred Bayer
      Pages 85-127

  5. Novel systems for coherent spin manipulation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 130-130
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    2. Optically controlled spin dynamics in a magnetically doped quantum dot

      • Doris E. Reiter, Tilmann Kuhn, Vollrath M. Axt
      Pages 131-150

    3. Coherent magneto-optical activity in a single chiral carbon nanotube

      • Gabriela Slavcheva, Philippe Roussignol
      Pages 151-180

    4. Exciton and spin coherence in quantum dot lattices

      • Michal Grochol, Eric M. Kessler, Carlo Piermarocchi
      Pages 181-212

  6. Coherent light-matter states in semiconductor microcavities

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 214-214
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    2. Quantum optics with interacting polaritons

      • Stefano Portolan, Salvatore Savasta
      Pages 215-263

    3. Spontaneous coherence within a gas of exciton-polaritons in Telluride microcavities

      • Maxime Richard, Michiel Wouters, Le Si Dang
      Pages 265-291

    4. Keldysh Green’s function approach to coherence in a non-equilibrium steady state: connecting Bose-Einstein condensation and lasing

      • Jonathan Keeling, Marzena H. Szymańska, Peter B. Littlewood
      Pages 293-329

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 331-338
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About this book

The fundamental concept of quantum coherence plays a central role in quantum physics, cutting across disciplines of quantum optics, atomic and condensed matter physics. Quantum coherence represents a universal property of the quantum s- tems that applies both to light and matter thereby tying together materials and p- nomena. Moreover, the optical coherence can be transferred to the medium through the light-matter interactions. Since the early days of quantum mechanics there has been a desire to control dynamics of quantum systems. The generation and c- trol of quantum coherence in matter by optical means, in particular, represents a viable way to achieve this longstanding goal and semiconductor nanostructures are the most promising candidates for controllable quantum systems. Optical generation and control of coherent light-matter states in semiconductor quantum nanostructures is precisely the scope of the present book. Recently, there has been a great deal of interest in the subject of quantum coh- ence. We are currently witnessing parallel growth of activities in different physical systems that are all built around the central concept of manipulation of quantum coherence. The burgeoning activities in solid-state systems, and semiconductors in particular, have been strongly driven by the unprecedented control of coherence that previously has been demonstrated in quantum optics of atoms and molecules, and is now taking advantage of the remarkable advances in semiconductor fabrication technologies. A recent impetus to exploit the coherent quantum phenomena comes from the emergence of the quantum information paradigm.

Editors and Affiliations

  • , The Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

    Gabriela Slavcheva

  • Labo. Pierre Aigrain, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris CX 05, France

    Philippe Roussignol

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e-mail address (g.slavcheva@imperial.ac.uk) and url: http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/people/g.slavcheva at Imperial

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