Abstract
Inhomogeneous broadening in ensembles of semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) has hindered coherent operations due to the detuning effects, caused by the large fluctuation in the QD transition energy due to size dispersion. This difficulty is especially evident when using femtosecond laser pulses for excitation. Here, the authors successfully measure detuning-dependent coherent evolution for a QD ensemble by employing prepulse two-dimensional coherent spectroscopy. The dephasing mechanism is found to be significantly different from that observed using picosecond lasers. This work presents a novel method to explore collective phenomena, such as superfluorescence, as well as motivating future studies of coherent interactions in the femtosecond regime.
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