CNRS research scientist (chargé de recherche)
Growth and properties of hybrid thin film systems
Institut des NanoSciences de Paris, UMR 7588
CNRS – Sorbonne Université
4 place Jussieu
75005 Paris
Tel : +33 1 44 27 98 09
Email : atkinson [@] insp.jussieu.fr
Research Interests
Recent research grants
Key Publications
A full list of publications can be found here
Formation and ordering of epitaxial dots
P. Atkinson, O. G. Schmidt, S. P. Bremner and D. A. Ritchie, Comptes Rendus – Physique 9 778 (2008) http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.crhy.20...
Site-controlled growth and luminescence of InAs quantum dots using in-situ gallium-assisted deoxidation of patterned substrates
P. Atkinson, S. Kiravittaya, M. Benyoucef, A. Rastelli and O. G. Schmidt, Appl. Phys. Lett. 93(10) 101908 (2008) http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2980445
Site-control of InAs quantum dots using ex-situ electron-beam lithographic patterning of GaAs substrates
P. Atkinson, M. B. Ward, S. P. Bremner, D. Anderson, G. A. C. Jones, T. Farrow, A. J. Shields, D. A. Ritchie, Jap. J. Appl. Phys. Part 1. 45(4A) 2519 (2006) http://dx.doi.org/10.1143/JJAP.45.2519
Microcavity single-photon emitting diode
A. J. Bennett, D. C. Unitt, P. See, A. J. Shields, P. Atkinson, K. Cooper, D. A. Ritchie, Appl. Phys. Lett. 86(18) 181102 (2005) http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1921332
On-demand single-photon source for 1.3mu m telecom fibre
M. B. Ward, O. Z. Karimov, D. C. Unitt, Z. L. Yuan, P. See, D. G. Gevaux, A. J. Shields, P. Atkinson, D. A. Ritchie, Appl. Phys. Lett. 86(20) 201111 (2005) http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1922573
Efficient single photon detection by quantum dot resonant tunneling diodes
J. C. Blakesley, P. See, A. J. Shields, B. E. Kardynal, P. Atkinson, I. Farrer, D. A. Ritchie, Phys. Rev. Lett. 94(6) 067401 (2005) http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLe...
Universal recovery of the energy-level degeneracy of bright excitons in InGaAs quantum dots without a structure symmetry
R. Trotta, E. Zallo, C. Ortix, P. Atkinson, J. D. Plumhof, J. van den Brink, A. Rastelli and O. G. Schmidt, Phys. Rev. Lett. 109 147401 (2012) http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLe...
Tuning of the valence band mixing of excitons confined in GaAs/AlGaAs quantum dots via piezoelectric-induced anisotropic strain
J. D. Plumhof, R. Trotta, V. Krapek, E. Zallo, P. Atkinson, S. Kumar, A. Rastelli and O. G. Schmidt, Phys. Rev. B 87 075311 (2013) http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB....
Strain-induced active tuning of the coherent tunneling in quantum dot molecules
E. Zallo, R. Trotta, V. Krapek, Y. H. Huo, P. Atkinson, F. Ding, T. Sikola, A. Rastelli and O. G. Schmidt, Phys. Rev. B 89 241303 (2014) http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB....
Enhancing the optical excitation efficiency of a single self-assembled quantum dot with a plasmonic nanoantenna
M. Pfeiffer, K. Lindfors, C. Wolpert, P. Atkinson, M. Benyoucef, A. Rastelli, O. G. Schmidt, H. Giessen and M. Lippitz, Nano Letters 10 4555 (2010) http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/nl102548t
Eleven Nanometer Alignment Precision of a Plasmonic Nanoantenna with a Self-Assembled GaAs Quantum Dot
M. Pfeiffer, K. Lindfors, H. Y. Zhang, B. Fenk, F. Phillipp, P. Atkinson, A. Rastelli, O. G. Schmidt, H. Giessen and M. Lippitz, Nano Letters 14 197 (2014) http://dx.doi.org/10.1021//nl403730q
Strain-induced tuning of the emission wavelength of high quality GaAs/AlGaAs quantum dots in the spectral range of the (87) Rb D(2) lines
S. Kumar, R. Trotta, E. Zallo, J. D. Plumhof, P. Atkinson, A. Rastelli and O. G. Schmidt, Appl. Phys. Lett. 99 161118 (2011) http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3653804
Modulation of single quantum dot energy levels by a surface-acoustic-wave
J. R. Gell, M. B. Ward, R. J. Young, R. M. Stevenson, P. Atkinson, D. Anderson, G. A. C. Jones, D. A. Ritchie, and A. J. Shields, Appl. Phys. Lett. 93(8) 081115 (2008) http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2976135
Temporal characteristics of surface-acoustic-wave-driven luminescence from a lateral p-n junction
J. R. Gell, M. B. Ward, A. J. Shields, P. Atkinson, S. P. Bremner, D. Anderson, M. Kataoka, C. H. W. Barnes, G. A. C. Jones and D. A. Ritchie, Appl. Phys. Lett. 91(1) 13506 (2007) http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2753759
An individual iron nanowire-filled carbon nanotube probed by micro-Hall magnetometry
K. Lipert, S. Bahr, F. Wolny, P. Atkinson, U. Weissker, T. Muhl, O. G. Schmidt, B. Buchner and R. Klingeler, Appl. Phys. Lett. 97 212503 (2010) http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3520146
Electrometry using the quantum Hall effect in a bilayer two-dimensional electron system
L. H. Ho, L. J. Taskinen, A. P. Micolich, A. R. Hamilton, P. Atkinson and D. A. Ritchie, Appl. Phys. Lett. 96 212102 (2010) http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3428778
Combined experimental and theoretical study of fast atom diffraction on the beta 2 (2×4) reconstructed GaAs surface
M. Debiossac, A. Zugarramurdi, H. Khemliche, P. Roncin, A. G. Borisov, A. Momeni, P. Atkinson, M. Eddrief, F. Finocchi and V. H. Etgens, Phys. Rev. B 90 155308 (2014) http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB....
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