Prof. Dr. Pawel Machnikowski

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsTheoretical Condensed Matter Physics,Semiconductor Physics
KeywordsQuantum dots, Optical spectroscopy, Carrier-phonon interaction, Quantum optics, Decoherence

Current contact address

CountryPoland
CityWroclaw
InstitutionWroclaw University of Science and Technology
InstituteDepartment of Theoretical Physics

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Tilmann KuhnInstitut für Festkörpertheorie, Universität Münster, Münster
Prof. Dr. Pawel MachnikowskiDepartment of Theoretical Physics, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Wroclaw
Start of initial sponsorship01/10/2003

Programme(s)

2003Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme

Publications (partial selection)

2010Katarzyna Roszak, Pawel Machnikowski, Vollrath Martin Axt, Tilmann Kuhn: Spin decoherence of a confined exciton due to one- and two-phonon assisted transitions. In: AIP Conference Proceedings, 2010, 413-414
2010Pawel Machnikowski, Tilmann Kuhn: Theory of the time-resolved Kerr rotation in ensembles of trapped holes in semiconductor nanostructures. In: Physical Rview B, 2010, 115306-1-115306-13
2006Katarzyna Roszak, Pawel Machnikowski, Lucjan Jacak: 'Which way' interpretation of the dephasing of charge qubits in quantum dots. In: Journal of Physics Conference Series, 2006, 52-55
2006Pawel Machnikowski, Lucjan Jacak: Dynamical dephasing of optically controlled charge qubits in quantum dots. In: Journal of Physics Confrence Series, 2006, 25-29
2006Katarzyna Roszak, Pawel Machnikowski, Lucjan Jacak: Phonon-induced disentanglement of confined excitons. In: Physica Status Solidi (b), 2006, 2231-2265
2006Pawel Machnikowski: Pure dephasing of carriers in quantum dots due to anharmonicity-induced phonon scattering. In: Physica Status Solidi (b), 2006, 2247-2251
2006Anna Grodecka, Pawel Machnikowski, Lucjan Jacak: Reducing pure dephasing of quantum bits by collective encoding in quantum dot arrays. In: Journal of Physics Conference Series, 2006, 41-44
2006S. Stufler, P. Machnikowski, P. Ester, M. Bichler, V. M. Axt, T. Kuhn, A. Zrenner: Two-photon Rabi oscillations in a single InGaAs/GaAs quantum dot. In: Physical Review B, 2006, 125304-1-125304-7
2005Pawel Machnikowski, Lucjan Jacak: Exciton-LO phonon dynamics in InAs/ GaAs quantum dots: Effects of zone-edge phonon damping. In: Physical Review B, 2005, 115309-1-115309-9
2005Pawel Machnikowski: Manifestation of fundamental quantum complementarities in time-domain interference experiments with quantum dots: A theoretical analysis. In: Physical Review B, 2005, 205332-1-205332-8
2005Anna Grodecka, Lucjan Jacak, Pawel Machnikowski, Katarzyna Roszak: Phonon impact on the coherentcontrol of quantum states in semiconductor quantum dots. In: P. A. Ling, Quantum Dots: Research Developments. Nova Science, 2005. 47-88
2005Vollrath Martin Axt, Alexei Vagov, Birgit Krummheuer, Tilmann Kuhn, Pawel Machnikowski, Jurij Krasnyj, Lucjan Jacak: Phonon-Induced Decoherence in Semiconductor Quantum Dots. In: Fausto Rossi, Semiconductor Macroatoms: Basic Physics and Quantum-Device Applications. Imperial College, 2005. 221-248
2005Katarzyna Roszak, Anna Grodecka, Pawel Machnikowski, Tilmann Kuhn,: Phonon-induced decoherence for a quantum dot spin qubit operated by Raman passage. In: Physical Review B, 2005, 195333-1-195333-17
2005Pawel Machnikowski, Lucjan Jacak: Phonon-induced dephasing of optically driven exciton states in quantum dots: spectral interpretation. In: Acta Physica Polonica, 2005, 761-767
2005Vollrath Martin Axt, Pawel Machnikowski, Tilmann Kuhn: Reducing decoherence of the confined exciton state in a quantum dot by pulse-sequence control. In: Physical Review B, 2005, 155305-1-155305-9
2005Annette Krügel, Vollrath Martin Axt, Tilmann Kuhn, Pawel Machnikowski, Alexei Vagov: The role of acoustic phonons for Rabi oscillations in semiconductor quantum dots. In: Applied Physics B, 2005, 897-904
2005Lucjan Jacak, Jurij Krasnyj, Witold Jacak, Ryszard Gonczarek, Pawel Machnikowski: Unavoidable decoherence in semiconductor quantum dots. In: Physical Review B, 2005, 245309-1-245309-13
2004Robert Alicki, Michal Horodecki, Pawel Horodecki, Ryszard Horodecki, Lucjan Jacak, Pawel Machnikowski: Optimal strategy for a single-qubit gate and the trade-off between opposite types of decoherence. In: Physical Review A (http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRA/v70/e010501), 2004, 010501
2004Pawel Machnikowski, Lucjan Jacak: Resonant nature of phonon-induced damping of Rabi oscillations in quantum dots. In: Physical Review B (http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRB/v69/e193302), 2004, 193302