"Quantum Dots: Optics, Electron Transport and Future Applications" ed. by Alexander Tartakovskii

A comprehensive review of cutting-edge solid state research, focusing on quantum dot nanostructures, this book features a broad range of techniques for fabrication of these nano-structured semiconductors and control of their quantum properties. It is a valuable resource for graduate students and researchers new to this field.

Written by leading researchers, the book considers advanced III-V and II-VI semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) realized by self-assembly, lithography and chemical synthesis; novel QD structures in nanowires and graphene; and transport and optical methods for control of single QDs. Significant attention is given to manipulation of single spins and control of their magnetic environment, and generation of quantum light emitted by single dots in dielectric cavities and coupled to plasmons in metallic structures.

• Gives a direct comparison between the fabrication methods and electron transport capabilities in GaAs and carbon (graphene) quantum dots, an important example from the new field of carbon-electronics
• Provides an overview of new directions in quantum dot research aimed at future applications such as quantum computation, and secure telecommunications using quantum cryptography and single photons
• Ideal as a first point of reference for readers new to this research field

Contents
Contributors
Preface
Part I: Nanostructure design and structural properties of epitaxially grown quantum dots and nanowires
1: Growth of III—V semiconductor quantum dots
2: Single semiconductor quantum dots in nano wires: growth, optics, and devices
3: Atomic-scale analysis of self-assembled quantum dots by cross-sectional scanning, tunneling microscopy, and atom probe tomography
Part II: Manipulation of individual quantum states in quantum dots using optical techniques
4: Studies of the hole spin in self-assembled quantum dots using optical techniques
5: Resonance fluorescence from a single quantum dot
6: Coherent control of quantum dot excitons using ultra-fast optical techniques: the role of acoustic phonons
7: Holes in quantum dot molecules: structure, symmetry, and spin
Part III: Optical properties of quantum dots in photonic cavities and plasmon-coupled dots
8: Deterministic light-matter coupling with single quantum dots
9: Quantum dots in photonic crystal cavities
10: Photon statistics in quantum dot micropillar emission
11: Nanop las monies with colloidal quantum dots
Part IV: Quantum dot nano-laboratory: magnetic ions and nuclear spins in a dot
12: Dynamics and optical control of an individual Mn spin in a quantum dot
13: Optical spectroscopy of InAs/GaAs quantum dots doped with a single Mn atom
14: Nuclear spin effects in quantum dot optics
Part V: Electron transport in quantum dots fabricated by lithographic techniques from III—V semiconductors and graphene
15: Electrically controlling single spin coherence in semiconductor nanostructures
16: Theory of electron and nuclear spins in III—V semiconductor and carbon-based dots
17: Graphene quantum dots: transport experiments and local imaging
Part VI: Single dots for future telecommunications applications
18: Electrically operated entangled light sources based on quantum dots
19: Deterministic single quantum dot cavities at telecommunication wavelengths