The unprecedented control of coherence that can be exercised in quantum optics of atoms and molecules has stimulated increasing efforts in extending it to solid-state systems. One motivation to exploit the coherent phenomena comes from the emergence of the quantum information paradigm, however many more potential device applications ranging from novel lasers to spintronics are all bound up with issues in coherence. The book focuses on recent advances in the optical control of coherence in excitonic and polaritonic systems as model systems for the complex semiconductor dynamics towards the goal of achieving quantum coherence control in solid-state. Special attention is given to the optical control of spin coherence. These front edge research topics are presented in the form of review articles by leading scientists.
Author(s): Gabriela Slavcheva, Philippe Roussignol (auth.), Gabriela Slavcheva, Philippe Roussignol (eds.)
Series: NanoScience and Technology 0
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 2010
Language: English
Pages: 338
Tags: Quantum Physics;Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics;Solid State Physics;Spectroscopy and Microscopy;Laser Technology, Photonics
Front Matter....Pages i-xx
Introduction....Pages 1-6
Front Matter....Pages 8-8
Decoherence of intraband transitions in InAs quantum dots....Pages 9-24
Spectral diffusion dephasing and motional narrowing in single semiconductor quantum dots....Pages 25-35
Front Matter....Pages 38-38
Carrier spin dynamics in self-assembled quantum dots....Pages 39-61
Optically induced spin rotations in quantum dots....Pages 63-83
Ensemble spin coherence of singly charged InGaAs quantum dots....Pages 85-127
Front Matter....Pages 130-130
Optically controlled spin dynamics in a magnetically doped quantum dot....Pages 131-150
Coherent magneto-optical activity in a single chiral carbon nanotube....Pages 151-180
Exciton and spin coherence in quantum dot lattices....Pages 181-212
Front Matter....Pages 214-214
Quantum optics with interacting polaritons....Pages 215-263
Spontaneous coherence within a gas of exciton-polaritons in Telluride microcavities....Pages 265-291
Keldysh Green’s function approach to coherence in a non-equilibrium steady state: connecting Bose-Einstein condensation and lasing....Pages 293-329
Back Matter....Pages 331-338
