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Two‐colour photocurrent detection technique for coherent control of a single InGaAs/GaAs quantum dot

Stephen J. Boyle, A. J. Ramsay, Roman S. Kolodka, Jose B. B. Oliviera, Hui Yun Liu, M. Hopkinson, A. M. Fox, Maurice S. Skolnick

Published Feb 2, 2009• 1 citation
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Abstract

Abstract We present a two‐colour photocurrent detection method for coherent control of a single InGaAs/GaAs self‐assembled quantum dot. A pulse shaping technique provides a high degree of control over picosecond optical pulses. Rabi rotations on the exciton to biexciton transition are presented, and fine structure beating is detected via time‐resolved measurements. (© 2009 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)

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10.1002/pssb.200880639

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