Strong Extinction of a Far-Field Laser Beam by a Single Quantum Dot

2007/06/20 by A. N. Vamivakas, Mete Atatüre, M. Atature +13 · 1 citation
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Extinction (optical mineralogy) #Extinction ratio #Integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis #Laser #Materials science #Near and far field #Near-Field Optical Microscopy #Optics #Optoelectronics #Physics #Quantum dot #Quantum dot laser #Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices #Semiconductor laser theory #Spectroscopy #Wavelength #cond-mat.mes-hall #cond-mat.other #quant-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1021/nl0717255

published as Nano Letters, 7, 2892-2896 (2007).

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Abstract

Through the utilization of index-matched GaAs immersion lens techniques, we demonstrate a record extinction (12%) of a far-field focused laser beam by a single InAs/GaAs quantum dot. This contrast level enables us to report for the first time resonant laser transmission spectroscopy on a single InAs/GaAs quantum dot without the need for phase-sensitive lock-in detection.

Citations

• Contrast in transmission spectroscopy of a single quantum dot
• Solid immersion microscope
• Strong Extinction of a Laser Beam by a Single Molecule
• Atoms, dipole waves, and strongly focused light beams
• The Physical Implementation of Quantum Computation

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