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arXiv:0805.2074 · Nature Physics

Coherent population trapping of an electron spin in a single negatively charged quantum dot

Xiaodong Xu, Bo Sun, P. R. Berman, Duncan G. Steel, Allan S. Bracker, Dan Gammon, Lu Jeu Sham

Published Aug 17, 2008• 247 citations
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10.1038/nphys1054

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