Advances in Solid State Physics 46 (eBook)

Preface 6
Contents 7
Quantum Dots 15
Single Photons from Single Quantum Dots – New Light for Quantum Information Processing 16
Quantum-Dot Spin Qubit and Hyperfine Interaction 29
Counting Statistics of Single Electron Transport in a Semiconductor Quantum Dot 42
Size-Tunable Exchange Interactionin In As/GaAs Quantum Dots 55
Quantum Dots in Planar Cavities –Single and Entangled Photon Sources 69
Molecules and Nanoparticles 80
Periodic Structure Formation in Polymer Films with Embedded Gold Nanoparticles 81
Proteins and Patients – Magnetic Nanoparticles as Analytic Markers 95
Novel Quantum Transport Effects in Single-Molecule Transistors 106
Nanowires and 1D Systems 117
Growth Evolution and Characterization of PLD Zn(Mg)O Nanowire Arrays 118
Spin-Transfer Torques in Single-Crystalline Nanopillars 131
Andreev Reflection in Nb-InAs Structures: Phase Coherence, Ballistic Transport and Edge Channels 144
Selective Edge Excitation – Inter-Edge Magnetoplasmon Mode and Inter-Edge Spin Diode 157
Decoherence of Fermions Subject to a Quantum Bath 170
Correlation Effects on Electronic Transport through Dots and Wires 183
Optoelectronics 196
Ultrafast Dynamics of Optically-Induced Charge and Spin Currents in Semiconductors 197
From a Fundamental Understanding of Phase Change Materials to Optimization Rules for Nonvolatile Optical and Electronic Storage 209
GaInAs/AlAsSb Quantum Cascade Lasers: A New Approach towards 3-to-5 µm Semiconductor Lasers 220
Thin Films and Materials 235
Hydrostatic Pressure Effects in the Magnetocaloric Compounds R5(SixGe1 x)4 236
Magnetoelectric Correlations in Multiferroic Manganites Revealed by Nonlinear Optics 249
Domain Wall Formation in Ferromagnetic Layers: An Ab Initio Study 262
Domain Wall Spin Structures in 3d Metal Ferromagnetic Nanostructures 274
Six Emerging Directions in Sculptured-Thin-Film Research 287
Ion Beam Assisted Growth of Sculptured Thin Films: Structure Alignment and Optical Fingerprints 300
Organic Thin Film Devices for Displays and Lighting 312
Index 324