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Frontiers in Optics

Stationary inversion of a quantum dot exciton coupled to an off-resonant cavity

Stephen Hughes, H. J. Carmichael

Published Jan 1, 2010• 0 citations
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Abstract

We introduce an off-resonant coherent excitation scheme that realizes pronounced stationary inversion in a quantum dot - semiconductor cavity system. Exciton inversions of more than 0.25 are predicted over a wide range of experimentally-accessible parameters.
DOI
10.1364/fio.2010.pdpc9

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