Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences

Exciton storage in a nano-scale Aharonov-Bohm ring with electric field

Authors: Andrea Fischer (University of Warwick), Vivaldo L Campo (Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos), Mikhail E Portnoi (University of Exeter), Rudolf A Roemer (University of Warwick)

Abstract

We study analytically the optical properties of a simple model for an electron-hole pair on a ring subjected to perpendicular magnetic flux and in-plane electric field. We show how to tune this excitonic system from optically active to optically dark as a function of these external fields. Our results offer a simple mechanism for exciton storage and read-out.

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