Photon echo transients from an inhomogeneous ensemble of semiconductor quantum dots

S. V. Poltavtsev; M. Salewski; Yu. V. Kapitonov; I. A. Yugova; I. A. Akimov; C. Schneider; M. Kamp; Sven Höfling; D. R. Yakovlev; A. V. Kavokin; M. Bayer

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.93.121304

Photon echo transients from an inhomogeneous ensemble of semiconductor quantum dots

S. V. Poltavtsev, M. Salewski, Yu. V. Kapitonov, I. A. Yugova, I. A. Akimov, C. Schneider, M. Kamp, Sven Höfling, D. R. Yakovlev, A. V. Kavokin, M. Bayer

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An ensemble of quantum dot excitons may be used for coherent information manipulation. Due to the ensemble inhomogeneity any optical information retrieval occurs in form of a photon echo. We show that the inhomogeneity can lead to a significant deviation from the conventional echo timing sequence. Variation of the area of the initial rotation pulse, which generates excitons in a dot subensemble only, reveals this complex picture of photon echo formation. We observe a retarded echo for π/2 pulses, while for 3π/2 the echo is advanced in time as evidenced through monitoring the Rabi oscillations in the time-resolved photon echo amplitude from (In,Ga)As/GaAs self-assembled quantum dot structures and confirmed by detailed calculations.

Original language	English
Article number	121304(R)
Number of pages	5
Journal	Physical Review. B, Condensed matter and materials physics
Volume	93
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.93.121304
Publication status	Published - 10 Mar 2016

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Poltavtsev, S. V., Salewski, M., Kapitonov, Y. V., Yugova, I. A., Akimov, I. A., Schneider, C., Kamp, M., Höfling, S., Yakovlev, D. R., Kavokin, A. V., & Bayer, M. (2016). Photon echo transients from an inhomogeneous ensemble of semiconductor quantum dots. Physical Review. B, Condensed matter and materials physics, 93(12), Article 121304(R). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.93.121304

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