Resonance fluorescence from a single quantum dot

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511998331.006

5 - Resonance fluorescence from a single quantum dot

from Part II - Manipulation of individual quantum states in quantum dots using optical techniques

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2012

A. N. Vamivakas ,

C. Matthiesen ,

Y. Zhao ,

C.-Y. Lu and

M. Atatüre

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Alexander Tartakovskii

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A. N. Vamivakas: Affiliation:
University of Cambridge, UK
C. Matthiesen: Affiliation:
University of Cambridge, UK
Y. Zhao: Affiliation:
University of Cambridge, UK
C.-Y. Lu: Affiliation:
University of Cambridge, UK
M. Atatüre: Affiliation:
University of Cambridge, UK
Alexander Tartakovskii: Affiliation:
University of Sheffield

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Introduction

Quantum optics provides a complete description of the resonant interaction of light and a material system. The light scattered as a result of this interaction – the resonance fluorescence – provides a means to monitor and affect the material system's dynamics and also allows for the generation of nonclassical states of the electromagnetic field. Initial theoretical studies characterizing resonance fluorescence addressed fundamental questions regarding the necessity of quantizing the electromagnetic field. This is a particularly illustrative period in optical physics where multiple theories existed that might describe resonance fluorescence – semi-classical optical Bloch equations [1, 2] or quantum electrodynamics [4, 3] – and experimental evidence was necessary to identify the appropriate theoretical framework. Indeed, experiments in 1974 and 1977 investigating the resonance fluorescence lineshape [5, 6] and the photon statistics of the scattered light [7] vindicated the full quantum electrodynamical description of light-matter interaction over other models. In the subsequent 30 years, resonance fluorescence has been used as a high-resolution spectroscopic probe of a variety of physical systems, as a means to investigate quantum coherence in atomic gases and, with the current interest in quantum information science (QIS), as a tool for quantum-state preparation, measurement and control in trapped ions [8].

During this same time period, advances in material science have ushered in an era where it is possible to grow and fabricate solid-state devices at length scales commensurate with the quantum confinement of electrons and holes. It is only recently that resonance fluorescence has been observed from the prototypical artificial nanostructure exhibiting three-dimensional quantum confinement – a single semiconductor quantum dot (QD) [9].

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Information: Quantum Dots
Optics, Electron Transport and Future Applications
, pp. 86 - 102

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511998331.006 [Opens in a new window]

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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