We review distinct features arising from the unique nature of the carrier-phonon coupling in
self-assembled semiconductor quantum dots. Because of the discrete electronic energy …

Ultra‐fast nano‐optics is a comparatively young and rapidly growing field of research aiming
at probing, manipulating and controlling ultrafast optical excitations on nanometer length …

Coherent coupling between distant two-level systems is a fundamental process in several
physical contexts, from natural photosynthesis to quantum-information processing, where it …

The present work evaluates the feasibility of quantum computing with exciton qubits in
coupled colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals (NCs). A strategy for manipulating two-qubit …

We report on the optical preparation of coherent superpositions of exciton and biexciton
states manifested in temporal nonlinear oscillations in interacting exciton gases. The effect is …

For a CdTe quantum dot doped with a single Mn atom we analyze the dynamics of the Mn
spin when the dot is excited by ultrashort laser pulses. Because of the exchange interaction …

We present a quantum-kinetic theory of the excitation transfer in a quantum dot molecule.
We derive the consistent Markovian limit for the system kinetics, which leads to a description …

The resonant energy transfer due to weak electrostatic interaction in a system of two
quantum dots has been theoretically investigated. The probability of this process in the case …

We investigate the influence of the Förster interaction between semiconductor quantum dots
on the quantum light emission in proximity to a metal nanoparticle. A fully quantized theory …

Quantum light excitation of Coulomb-coupled nanostructures, such as semiconductor
quantum dots or light harvesting molecules, is analyzed for fixed light intensity but different …