Absorptive and dispersive optical responses of excitons in a single quantum dot

The authors have determined both the real and imaginary parts of the dielectric polarizability of a single quantum dot. The experiment is based on the observation and the manipulation of Rayleigh scattering at photon frequencies near the resonance of an optical exciton transition in single self-asse...

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Autores: Alén, Benito, Högele, A., Kroner, M., Seidl, Stefan, Karrai, Khaled, Warburton, Richard J., Badolato, Antonio, Medeiros-Ribeiro, Gilberto, Petroff, Pierre M.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2006
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/17547
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/17547
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Indium compounds
Gallium arsenide
III-V semiconductors
Semiconductor quantum dots
Excitons
Dielectric polarisation
Rayleigh scattering
Self-assembly
Semiconductor growth
Light interference
Fabry-Perot interferometers
Reflectivity
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Sumario:The authors have determined both the real and imaginary parts of the dielectric polarizability of a single quantum dot. The experiment is based on the observation and the manipulation of Rayleigh scattering at photon frequencies near the resonance of an optical exciton transition in single self-assembled InAs and InGaAs quantum dots. The interference between the narrow-band laser field and the weak electromagnetic field coherently scattered by the quantum dot is detected with a cryogenic Fabry-Pérot setup by combined differential transmission and reflectivity measurements.