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Comparison of EIT schemes in semiconductor quantum dot structures: Impact of many-body interactions

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2009-04-30 v1

Abstract

We investigate the impact of many-body interactions on group-velocity slowdown achieved via electromagnetically induced transparency in quantum dots using three different coupling-probe schemes (ladder, V, and Lambda, respectively). We find that for all schemes many-body interactions have an important impact on the slow light properties. In the case of the Lambda and V schemes, the minimum required coupling power to achieve slow light is significantly reduced by many-body interactions. V type schemes are found to be generally preferable due to a favorable redistribution of carriers in energy space.

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@article{arxiv.0904.4593,
  title  = {Comparison of EIT schemes in semiconductor quantum dot structures: Impact of many-body interactions},
  author = {J. Houmark and T. R. Nielsen and J. Mork and A. -P. Jauho},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0904.4593},
  year   = {2009}
}