Bibliothèque de L'IMIST/CNRST

Semiconductor nanostructures are attracting a great deal of interest as the most promising device with which to implement quantum information processing and quantum computing. This book surveys the present status of nanofabrication techniques, near field spectroscopy and microscopy to assist the fabricated nanostructures. It will be essential reading for academic and industrial researchers in pure and applied physics, optics, semiconductors and microelectronics. Key Features: The first up-to-date review articles on various aspects on quantum coherence, correlation and decoherence in semiconductor nanostructures.

Includes bibliographical reference and index.

Coherent nonlinear pulse propagation on a free-exciton resonance in a semiconductor / N.C. Nielsen, S. Linden, J. Kuhl, J. Förstner, A. Knorr, S.W. Koch and H. Giessen -- Carrier-wave Rabi flopping in semiconductors / O.D. Mücke, T. Tritschler and M. Wegener -- High-field effects in semiconductor nanostructures / S. Hughes --Theory of resonant secondary emission : Rayleigh scattering versus luminescence / R. Zimmermann, E. Runge and V. Savona -- Higher-order Coulomb correlation effects in semiconductors / S.R. Bolton -- Electronic and nuclear spin in the optical spectra of semiconductor quantum dots / D. Gammon, Al. L. Efros, J.G. Tischler, A.S. Bracker, V.L. Korenev and I.A. Merkulov -- Coherent optical spectroscopy and manipulation of single quantum dots / Gang Chen, T.H. Stievater, J.R. Guest, D.G. Steel, D. Gammon, Pochung Chen, C. Piermarocchi and L.J. Sham -- Cavity QED of quantum dots with dielectric microspheres / Hailin Wang -- Theory of exciton coherence and decoherence in semiconductor quantum dots / T. Takagahara.