Title :
Deterministic writing and control of the dark exciton state using short single optical pulses
Author :
Schwartz, I. ; Schmidgall, E.R. ; Gantz, L. ; Cogan, D. ; Bordo, E. ; Gershoni, D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Technion - Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa, Israel
Abstract :
We experimentally demonstrate deterministic optical writing of a quantum dot-confined dark exciton, in a pure quantum state using one optical pulse. We then control the spin state of this long-lived exciton using picosecond optical pulses.
Keywords :
excitons; high-speed optical techniques; optical control; quantum dots; quantum optics; dark exciton state control; deterministic optical writing; picosecond optical pulses; pure quantum state; quantum dot-confined dark exciton; short single optical pulses; spin state spin state; Excitons; Measurement by laser beam; Optical polarization; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Optical reflection;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
