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Circular-to-Linear and Linear-to-Circular Conversion of Optical Polarization by Semiconductor Quantum Dots

Year: 2006

Type: article

Abstract: We report circular-to-linear and linear-to-circular conversion of optical polarization by semiconductor quantum dots. The polarization conversion occurs under continuous wave excitation in the absence of any magnetic field. The effect originates from quantum interference of linearly and circularly polarized photon states, induced by the natural anisotropic shape of the self-assembled dots. The behavior can be qualitatively explained in terms of a pseudospin formalism.

Source: Physical Review Letters

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.96.027402

Authors: G. V. Astakhov, T. Kiessling, A. V. Platonov, T. Slobodskyy, S. Mahapatra, W. Ossau, G. Schmidt, K. Brunner, L. W. Molenkamp

Institutions: Russian Academy of Sciences, University of Würzburg, Ioffe Institute

Language: English

Topic: Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices

Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1890852061

FWCI: 4.934

Cites: 21

Cited by: 42

Related to: 10