# Self-consistent Maxwell-Bloch theory of quantum-dot-population switching in photonic crystals

@article{Takeda2011SelfconsistentMT,
title={Self-consistent Maxwell-Bloch theory of quantum-dot-population switching in photonic crystals},
author={Hiroyuki Takeda},
journal={Physical Review A},
year={2011},
volume={83}
}
• H. Takeda
• Published 9 May 2011
• Physics
• Physical Review A
We theoretically demonstrate the population switching of quantum dots (QD's), modeled as two-level atoms in idealized one-dimensional (1D) and two-dimensional (2D) photonic crystals (PC's) by self-consistent solution of the Maxwell-Bloch equations. In our semiclassical theory, energy states of the electron are quantized, and electron dynamics is described by the atomic Bloch equation, while electromagnetic waves satisfy the classical Maxwell equations. Near a waveguide cutoff in a photonic band…
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