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Frontiers in Optics

Non-Markovian spontaneous emission from a single quantum dot

Kristian Høeg Madsen, Serkan Ateş, Toke Lund-Hansen, Andreas Löffler, Stephan Reitzenstein, A. Forchel, Peter Lodahl

Published Jan 1, 2011• 0 citations
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Abstract

We observe non-Markovian dynamics of a single quantum dot when tuned into resonance with a cavity mode. Excellent agreement between experiment and theory is observed providing the first quantitative description of such a system.
DOI
10.1364/fio.2011.fthe2

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