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Optically stimulated and spontaneously generated electron spin coherence in quantum dots

Xiaodong Xu, Jun Cheng, M.V.G. Dutt, Yanwen Wu, Duncan G. Steel, A. S. Bracker, D. Gammon, Ren‐Bao Liu, Sophia E. Economou, Lu Jeu Sham

Published Dec 10, 2005• 0 citations
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Abstract

We report the observation of long-lived quantum beats in quantum dots (ensemble and single) due to electron spin coherence, resulting from stimulated Raman transition as well as spontaneous radiative decay of the trion state.
DOI
10.1109/qels.2005.1548863

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