Phonon-assisted excitation transfer in quantum dot molecules

Abstract

We derive a quantum-kinetic description of phonon-assisted F{ö}rster transfer between two coupled quantum dots (a quantum dot molecule). We show that the exciton state decays to the ground state of the QDM via a combination of the Rabi rotation and exponential decay. For moderately spaced dots this process takes place on a picosecond time scale.

To be presented at the school Jaszowiec 2007