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Nature Physics 3, 84 - 86 (2007)
doi:10.1038/nphys532

Subject Categories: Electronics, photonics and device physics | Condensed-matter physics | Nanotechnology | Optical physics | Quantum physics

Quantum dots: Collective radiance

Galina Khitrova1 and Hyatt M. Gibbs1

  1. College of Optical Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA. e-mail: khitrova@att.net

Evidence for the superradiant behaviour of quantum dots — behaviour first described in the context of atoms in a gas over 50 years ago — suggests they can radiatively interact over distances of at least 150 nm.

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