title: Coherent three-level mixing in an electronic quantum dot.
abstract: We observe magnetic-field-induced level mixing and quantum superposition phenomena between three approaching single-particle states in a quantum dot probed via the ground state of an adjacent quantum dot by single-electron resonant tunneling. The mixing is attributed to anisotropy and anharmonicity in realistic dot confining potentials. The pronounced anticrossing and transfer of strengths (both enhancement and suppression) between resonances can be understood with a simple coherent level mixing model. Superposition can lead to the formation of a dark state by complete cancellation of an otherwise strong resonance, an effect resembling coherent population trapping in a three-level-system of quantum and atom optics.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Microstructural Sciences M50, NRC, Montreal Road, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0R6, Canada.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Payette
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Austing
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Nair
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Partoens
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Amaha
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tarucha