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Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics

Classical and quantum optical correlation between two single quantum dots

Stephen Hughes

Published Jan 1, 2006• 0 citations
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Abstract

We present a self-consistent photon Green function study of two photon-coupled single quantum dots in a semiconductor. A series of remarkable effects are demonstrated, including two-photon switching, qubit entanglement and non-exponential spontaneous emission decay.
DOI
10.1109/cleo.2006.4629033

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