Phonon-Assisted Excitation Transfer in Quantum Dot Molecules

• Authors: E. Rozbicki , P. Machnikowski
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

We derive a quantum-kinetic description of phonon-assisted Förster transfer between two coupled quantum dots (a quantum dot molecule). We show that the exciton state decays to the ground state of the quantum dot molecule via a combination of the Rabi rotation and exponential decay. For moderately spaced dots this process takes place on a picosecond timescale.

Keywords

EN

63.20.Kr; 73.63.Kv

Discipline

• 73.63.Kv: Quantum dots

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2007
• Volume: 112
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 197-202

Dates

published

2007-08

received

2007-06-09

Contributors

author

E. Rozbicki

• Institute of Physics, Wrocław University of Technology, Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370 Wrocław, Poland

author

P. Machnikowski

• Institute of Physics, Wrocław University of Technology, Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370 Wrocław, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.112.197