Nano-Optics on Individual Quantum Objects - From Single to Coupled Semiconductor Quantum Dots

• Authors: G. Bacher , H. Schömig , M. Welsch , M. Scheibner , J. Seufert , M. Obert , A. Forchel , A. Maksimov , S. Zaitsev , V. Kulakovskii
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Some recent highlights of our optical studies on single and coupled semiconductor quantum dots are reviewed. In the first part, we concentrate on the role of spins and spin-spin interaction in nonmagnetic and magnetic single quantum dots. In the case of strictly resonant excitation of the ground state in self-assembled CdSe/ZnSe quantum dots, we find an exciton spin relaxation time, which exceeds the recombination lifetime significantly. Linear polarization has to be used for these experiments, as the electron-hole exchange interaction lifts the spin degeneracy and the eigenstates are linear combinations of spin-up and spin-down excitons. In a magnetic quantum dot, the exchange interaction between carrier spins and the spins of magnetic ions is shown to be responsible for giant magneto-optical effects. We demonstrate the formation of zero-dimensional magnetic polarons and we succeeded in measuring the magnetization on a scale of a few nanometers using the characteristic photoluminescence signal of individual quantum dots as experimental monitor. The second part is devoted to pairs of single quantum dots. On one hand, single exciton tunneling within an individual quantum dot pair is demonstrated studying single pairs of vertically correlated strain-induced and self-organized quantum dots. On the other hand, we show that in a pair of lithographically defined single dots with strongly different g-factors the energy spacing between the dot ground states can be tuned in an external magnetic field by about 10 meV, giving access to a controlled coupling between two individual quantum dots.

Keywords

EN

78.67.Hc; 75.50.Pp; 73.21.La

Discipline

• 78.67.Hc: Quantum dots
• 73.21.La: Quantum dots
• 75.50.Pp: Magnetic semiconductors

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2002
• Volume: 102
• Issue: 4-5
• Pages: 475-494

Dates

published

2002-10/11

received

2002-06-07

Contributors

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G. Bacher

• Technische Physik, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany

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H. Schömig

• Technische Physik, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany

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M. Welsch

• Technische Physik, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany

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M. Scheibner

• Technische Physik, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany

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J. Seufert

• Technische Physik, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany

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M. Obert

• Technische Physik, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany

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A. Forchel

• Technische Physik, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany

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A. Maksimov

• Institute of Solid State Physics, RAS, 142432 Chernogolovka, Russia

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S. Zaitsev

• Institute of Solid State Physics, RAS, 142432 Chernogolovka, Russia

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V. Kulakovskii

• Institute of Solid State Physics, RAS, 142432 Chernogolovka, Russia

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.102.475