Quantum technology: the second quantum revolution

JP Dowling, GJ Milburn - … of the Royal Society of London …, 2003‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
We are currently in the midst of a second quantum revolution The first quantum revolution
gave us new rules that govern physical reality. The second quantum revolution will take …

Single-particle scattering spectroscopy: fundamentals and applications

A Al-Zubeidi, LA McCarthy, A Rafiei-Miandashti… - …, 2021‏ - degruyter.com
Metallic nanoparticles supporting a localized surface plasmon resonance have emerged as
promising platforms for nanoscopic labels, sensors, and (photo-) catalysts. To use …

Hydrogen sensors and switches from electrodeposited palladium mesowire arrays

F Favier, EC Walter, MP Zach, T Benter, RM Penner - Science, 2001‏ - science.org
Hydrogen sensors and hydrogen-activated switches were fabricated from arrays of
mesoscopic palladium wires. These palladium “mesowire” arrays were prepared by …

Tracking the coherent generation of polaron pairs in conjugated polymers

A De Sio, F Troiani, M Maiuri, J Réhault… - Nature …, 2016‏ - nature.com
The optical excitation of organic semiconductors not only generates charge-neutral electron-
hole pairs (excitons), but also charge-separated polaron pairs with high yield. The …

Fluctuations and correlations in modulation instability

DR Solli, G Herink, B Jalali, C Ropers - Nature Photonics, 2012‏ - nature.com
Stochastically driven nonlinear processes are responsible for spontaneous pattern formation
and instabilities in numerous natural and artificial systems, including well-known examples …

Femtosecond spectroscopy in semiconductors: a key to coherences, correlations and quantum kinetics

VM Axt, T Kuhn - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2004‏ - iopscience.iop.org
The application of femtosecond spectroscopy to the study of ultrafast dynamics in
semiconductor materials and nanostructures is reviewed with particular emphasis on the …

Optical control of excitons in a pair of quantum dots coupled by the dipole-dipole interaction

T Unold, K Mueller, C Lienau, T Elsaesser, AD Wieck - Physical review letters, 2005‏ - APS
We demonstrate coherent nonlinear-optical control of excitons in a pair of quantum dots
(QDs) coupled via dipolar interaction. The single-exciton population in the first QD is …

Coherent Nonlinear Optical Response of Single Quantum Dots Studied<? format?> by Ultrafast Near-Field Spectroscopy

T Guenther, C Lienau, T Elsaesser, M Glanemann… - Physical review …, 2002‏ - APS
The nonlinear response of single GaAs quantum dots is studied in femtosecond near-field
pump-probe experiments. At negative time delays, transient reflectivity spectra show …

Optical Stark effect in a quantum dot: ultrafast control of single exciton polarizations

T Unold, K Mueller, C Lienau, T Elsaesser, AD Wieck - Physical Review Letters, 2004‏ - APS
We report the first experimental study of the optical Stark effect in single semiconductor
quantum dots (QD). For below band gap excitation, two-color pump-probe spectra show …

[HTML][HTML] Quantum coherence and entanglement partitions for two driven quantum dots inside a coherent micro cavity

ABA Mohamed, H Eleuch, CHR Ooi - Physics Letters A, 2019‏ - Elsevier
We explore the coherence and entanglement of two separated quantum dots placed in an
open microcavity. The generated entanglement and coherence depend crucially on the two …