Quantum Coherence Correlation and Decoherence in Semiconductor Nanostructures
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Copyright Pageiv
- Contentsix
- Prefacev
- List of Contributorsvii
- Chapter 1. Coherent nonlinear pulse propagation on a free-exciton resonance in a semiconductor1
- 1.1 Introduction1
- 1.2 Theoretical background2
- 1.3 Samples and experimental techniques6
- 1.4 Results and discussion8
- 1.5 Conclusions18
- Chapter 2. Carrier-wave Rabi flopping in semiconductors23
- 2.1 Introduction23
- 2.2 Carrier-wave Rabi flopping25
- 2.3 Conclusions37
- Chapter 3. High-field effects in semiconductor nanostructures40
- 3.1 Introduction40
- 3.2 General theory43
- 3.3 High-field electo-optics in quantum wells and wires45
- 3.4 Excitonic trapping, ultrafast population transfer, and Rabi flopping63
- 3.5 Carrier-wave Rabi flopping71
- 3.6 Conclusions83
- Chapter 4. Theory of resonant secondary emission: Rayleigh scattering versus luminescence89
- 4.1 Introduction89
- 4.2 Disorder eigenstates of excitons94
- 4.3 Exciton Hamiltonian and density-matrix approach101
- 4.4 Exciton kinetics with acoustic phonon scattering108
- 4.5 Coherent and incoherent emission in the time domain113
- 4.6 Speckle measurement and interferometry117
- 4.7 Frequency-resolved secondary emission120
- 4.8 Signatures of level repulsion123
- 4.9 Enhanced resonant backscattering132
- 4.10 Spin- and polarization-dependent emission139
- 4.11 Polariton effects in the secondary emission147
- Chapter 5. Higher-order Coulomb correlation effects in semiconductors166
- 5.1 Introduction166
- 5.2 Ultrafast spectroscopy of semiconductor nanostructures as probes of Coulomb correlations167
- 5.3 Beyond the screened HF approximation – theoretical approaches to many-body correlations178
- 5.4 Experimental studies of high-order Coulomb correlations187
- 5.5 Future directions201
- Chapter 6. Electronic and nuclear spin in the optical spectra of semiconductor quantum dots207
- 6.1 Introduction to spin in the optical spectrum207
- 6.2 Photoluminescence spectroscopy of quantum dots211
- 6.3 Exciton fine-structure (spin and sublevels)219
- 6.4 Trions (singly charged excitons)240
- 6.5 Hyperfine interaction252
- 6.6 Spin relaxation263
- 6.7 Conclusions271
- Chapter 7. Coherent optical spectroscopy and manipulation of single quantum dots281
- 7.1 Introduction282
- 7.2 Single exciton optical spectroscopy293
- 7.3 Coherent optical control of single exciton states306
- 7.4 Rabi oscillations of single quantum dots310
- 7.5 Biexcitons in single QDs318
- 7.6 Optically induced two exciton-state entanglement330
- 7.7 Single quantum dot as a prototype quantum computer338
- 7.8 Summary354
- Chapter 8. Cavity QED of quantum dots with dielectric microspheres366
- 8.1 Introduction366
- 8.2 Whispering gallery modes in a dielectric microsphere368
- 8.3 Composite system of dielectric microsphere and MBE-grown nanostructure372
- 8.4 Composite system of dielectric microsphere and semiconductor nanocrystals375
- 8.5 Summary390
- Chapter 9. Theory of exciton coherence and decoherence in semiconductor quantum dots395
- 9.1 Intoduction395
- 9.2 Exciton Rabi splitting in a single quantum dot396
- 9.3 Dressed exciton state401
- 9.4 Exciton Rabi oscillation in a single quantum dot402
- 9.5 Bloch vector model406
- 9.6 Numerical results and discussion410
- 9.7 Wave packet interferometry420
- 9.8 Effect of two-photon coherence424
- 9.9 Exciton dephasing in semiconductor quantum dots431
- 9.10 Green function formalism of exciton dephasing rate436
- 9.11 Exciton–phonon interactions442
- 9.12 Excitons in anisotropic quantum disk444
- 9.13 Temperature-dependence of the exciton dephasing rate445
- 9.14 Elementary processes of exciton pure dephasing450
- 9.15 Mechanisms of population decay of excitons452
- 9.16 Recent progress in studies on exciton decoherence459
- 9.17 Theory of dephasing of nonradiative coherence459
- 9.18 Summary465
- Index471
- Color Plate SectionPlate 1
Semiconductor nanostructures are attracting a great deal of interest as the most promising device with which to implement quantum information processing and quantum computing. This book surveys the present status of nanofabrication techniques, near field spectroscopy and microscopy to assist the fabricated nanostructures. It will be essential reading for academic and industrial researchers in pure and applied physics, optics, semiconductors and microelectronics.
Key Features: The first up-to-date review articles on various aspects on quantum coherence, correlation and decoherence in semiconductor nanostructures
Key Features: The first up-to-date review articles on various aspects on quantum coherence, correlation and decoherence in semiconductor nanostructures