Dark exciton preparation in a quantum dot by a longitudinal light field tuned to higher exciton states

Several important proposals to use semiconductor quantum dots in quantum information technology rely on the control of the dark exciton ground states, such as dark exciton based qubits with a microsecond lifetime. In this paper, we present an efficient way to occupy the dark exciton ground state by...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Holtkemper, M., Quinteiro, Guillermo Federico, Reiter, Doris E., Kuhn, Tilmann
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/168062
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/168062
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:OPTICAL VORTEX
QUANTUM DOT
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Sumario:Several important proposals to use semiconductor quantum dots in quantum information technology rely on the control of the dark exciton ground states, such as dark exciton based qubits with a microsecond lifetime. In this paper, we present an efficient way to occupy the dark exciton ground state by a single short laser pulse. The scheme is based on an optical excitation with a longitudinal field component featured by, e.g., radially polarized beams or certain Laguerre-Gauss or Bessel beams. Utilizing this component, we show within a configuration interaction approach that high-energy exciton states composed of light-hole excitons and higher dark heavy-hole excitons can be addressed. When the higher exciton relaxes, a dark exciton in its ground state is created.