Optical Generation and Control of Quantum Coherence in Semiconductor Nanostructures [1 ed.] 3642124909, 9783642124907

Table of contents :
Front Matter....Pages i-xx
Introduction....Pages 1-6
Front Matter....Pages 8-8
Decoherence of intraband transitions in InAs quantum dots....Pages 9-24
Spectral diffusion dephasing and motional narrowing in single semiconductor quantum dots....Pages 25-35
Front Matter....Pages 38-38
Carrier spin dynamics in self-assembled quantum dots....Pages 39-61
Optically induced spin rotations in quantum dots....Pages 63-83
Ensemble spin coherence of singly charged InGaAs quantum dots....Pages 85-127
Front Matter....Pages 130-130
Optically controlled spin dynamics in a magnetically doped quantum dot....Pages 131-150
Coherent magneto-optical activity in a single chiral carbon nanotube....Pages 151-180
Exciton and spin coherence in quantum dot lattices....Pages 181-212
Front Matter....Pages 214-214
Quantum optics with interacting polaritons....Pages 215-263
Spontaneous coherence within a gas of exciton-polaritons in Telluride microcavities....Pages 265-291
Keldysh Green’s function approach to coherence in a non-equilibrium steady state: connecting Bose-Einstein condensation and lasing....Pages 293-329
Back Matter....Pages 331-338