Observation of an excitonic quantum coherence in CdSe nanocrystals

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Observation of an excitonic quantum coherence in CdSe nanocrystals

Year : 2016

Publisher : Optica Publishing Group (formerly OSA)

Source Title : Optics InfoBase Conference Papers

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Abstract

Optical pump-probe spectroscopy with 6-fs pulses elucidates the 1Se1S3/2-1Se2S3/2 excitonic quantum coherence in CdSe nanocrystals. This coherence encodes hole migration over nanometer length scales and markedly alters the displacement amplitudes of coherent phonons.