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Acoustic phonon damping of Rabi oscillations in In(Ga)As quantum dots

Thomas Mueller, Thomas Moldaschl, Sebastian Golka, G. Strasser, K. Unterrainer

Published May 1, 2007• 0 citations
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Abstract

Excitonic ground state Rabi oscillations in In(Ga)As quantum dots are studied via an ultrafast spectral hole burning technique. From comparison with frequency domain data we find that acoustic phonon-induced dephasing processes damp the oscillations.
DOI
10.1109/qels.2007.4431563

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