Introduction to the Physics of Quantum Dots

• Authors: B. Kardynal
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Quantum dots contain only a few well-defined energy levels for electron and/or holes as a result of the confinement of charge in all three spatial dimensions. Here, we describe both the application of photoluminescence spectroscopy and transport measurements to the characterisation of quantum dots and the novel phenomena that they exhibit. These include the Coulomb blockade, single electron tunnelling and single photon detection. The impact of quantum dots on future electronics and directions for future research, such as in quantum computing and cryptography, are addressed.

Keywords

EN

73.63.Kv; 78.67.Lt; 81.07.Ta

Discipline

• 81.07.Ta: Quantum dots
• 78.67.Lt: Quantum wires
• 73.63.Kv: Quantum dots

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2001
• Volume: 100
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 275-286

Dates

published

2001-09

received

2001-06-01

Contributors

author

B. Kardynal

• Cambridge Research Laboratory, Toshiba Europe Ltd, 260 Cambridge Science Park, Cambridge CB4 0WE, UK

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.100.275