ABSTRACT
In the last ten years, self-assembled semiconductor quantum dots (QDs)
have emerged as a model system for solid-state quantum optics and QIP.
Photoluminescence (PL) studies of nonresonantly excited single QDs have
led to the generation of single photons [1, 2] and entangled photons [3]
as well as the observation of cavity-quantum electrodynamics (QED) ef-
fects both in the weak-coupling [4-6] and strong-coupling [7-9] regimes.
Similarly, resonant excitation has enabled the observation of Rabi oscil-
lations [10] and coherent manipulation of excitons and biexcitons [11]: all
indicators of an interesting quantum optical system. These milestones have
further strengthened various QIP-motivated proposals, including those re-
garding optical access to spins in QDs [12].
