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TY - JOUR
T1 - Time-resolved studies of single quantum dots in magnetic fields
AU - Stevenson, R M
AU - Young, R J
AU - See, P
AU - Faffer, I
AU - Ritchie, D A
AU - Shields, A J
PY - 2004/3/1
Y1 - 2004/3/1
N2 - We present time-resolved and time-integrated spectroscopy of single InAs quantum dots grown in a GaAs matrix. We observe a number of interesting features in the spectra, including the zero field splitting of exciton and biexciton lines due to quantum dot asymmetry. By the application of an in-plane magnetic field, the normally optically active and inactive exciton states become mixed, enabling us to optically probe the normally inaccessible 'dark' states. Time resolved measurements on the mixed states show decay times several times longer than the exciton lifetime at zero field, which we show to be consistent with a dark exciton lifetime orders of magnitude longer than that for bright exciton.
AB - We present time-resolved and time-integrated spectroscopy of single InAs quantum dots grown in a GaAs matrix. We observe a number of interesting features in the spectra, including the zero field splitting of exciton and biexciton lines due to quantum dot asymmetry. By the application of an in-plane magnetic field, the normally optically active and inactive exciton states become mixed, enabling us to optically probe the normally inaccessible 'dark' states. Time resolved measurements on the mixed states show decay times several times longer than the exciton lifetime at zero field, which we show to be consistent with a dark exciton lifetime orders of magnitude longer than that for bright exciton.
KW - Single quantum dots
KW - Time-resolved photoluminescence
U2 - 10.1016/j.physe.2003.11.053
DO - 10.1016/j.physe.2003.11.053
M3 - Conference article
VL - 21
SP - 381
EP - 384
JO - Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures
JF - Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures
SN - 1386-9477
IS - 2-4
T2 - Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference on Modulation (MSS11)
Y2 - 14 July 2003 through 18 July 2003
ER -