General Information

The Quantum Nano-Optics of  Semiconductors (QNOS) Group at University of Arizona at Tucson, led by Professor Hyatt Gibbs and Professor Galina Khitrova, is dedicated to researching the basic physics of semiconductor quantum-confined structures. Our current projects involve examining the strong coupling between photonic crystal nanocavities and quantum dots, including mode scanning methods and the potential use of dots as qubits. Located in the Optical Sciences Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, we possess the capability to both create and study semiconductor structures using MBE (molecular beam epitaxy) and various spectral methods.  Our group is located in the Meinel Building on campus. See the map to find us.

Our specific research interests are as follows:

• Semiconductor cavity QED
• Single quantum dot in photonic crystal cavity
• Vacuum Rabi splitting
• Entanglement between photons and dots
• Jaynes-Cummings Ladder
• Deterministic source of single photons
• Single quantum dot source of non-classical light
• Excitonic formation
• BEC of excitons
• MBE growth of quantum wells, quantum dots and microcavities