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Intensity damping of Rabi-oscillations and renormalization of the Rabi frequency in InGaAs/GaAs quantum dots

Timothy M. Godden, A. J. Ramsay, Stephen J. Boyle, Erik M. Gauger, Ahsan Nazir, Brendon W. Lovett, A. M. Fox, Maurice S. Skolnick

Published Jan 1, 2011• 2 citations
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Abstract

The source of intensity damping of Rabi-oscillations in quantum dots has long been in question. Here we identify acoustic phonons as the principal source of dephasing and demonstrate the re-normalization of the Rabi-frequency.
DOI
10.1364/qels.2011.qthr4

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