38 research outputs found
Many-Body Dynamics and Exciton Formation Studied by Time-Resolved Photoluminescence
The dynamics of exciton and electron-hole plasma populations is studied via
time-resolved photoluminescence after nonresonant excitation. By comparing the
peak emission at the exciton resonance with the emission of the continuum, it
is possible to experimentally identify regimes where the emission originates
predominantly from exciton and/or plasma populations. The results are supported
by a microscopic theory which allows one to extract the fraction of bright
excitons as a function of time.Comment: 11 pages, 5 figure
Excitonic Photoluminescence in Semiconductor Quantum Wells: Plasma versus Excitons
Time-resolved photoluminescence spectra after nonresonant excitation show a
distinct 1s resonance, independent of the existence of bound excitons. A
microscopic analysis identifies excitonic and electron-hole plasma
contributions. For low temperatures and low densities the excitonic emission is
extremely sensitive to even minute optically active exciton populations making
it possible to extract a phase diagram for incoherent excitonic populations.Comment: 9 pages, 4 figure
Scanning a photonic crystal slab nanocavity by condensation of xenon
Allowing xenon or nitrogen gas to condense onto a photonic crystal slab nanocavity maintained at 10–20 K results in shifts of the nanocavity mode wavelength by as much as 5 nm (~=4 meV). This occurs in spite of the fact that the mode defect is achieved by omitting three holes to form the spacer. This technique should be useful in changing the detuning between a single quantum dot transition and the nanocavity mode for cavity quantum electrodynamics experiments, such as mapping out a strong coupling anticrossing curve. Compared with temperature scanning, it has a much larger scan range and avoids phonon broadening
A hemispherical, high-solid-angle optical micro-cavity for cavity-QED studies
We report a novel hemispherical micro-cavity that is comprised of a planar
integrated semiconductor distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) mirror, and an
external, concave micro-mirror having a radius of curvature .
The integrated DBR mirror containing quantum dots (QD), is designed to locate
the QDs at an antinode of the field in order to maximize the interaction
between the QD and the cavity. The concave micro-mirror, with high-reflectivity
over a large solid-angle, creates a diffraction-limited (sub-micron) mode-waist
at the planar mirror, leading to a large coupling constant between cavity mode
and QD. The half-monolithic design gives more spatial and spectral tuning
abilities, relatively to fully monolithic structures. This unique micro-cavity
design will potentially enable us to both reach the cavity quantum
electrodynamics (QED) strong coupling regime and realize the deterministic
generation of single photons on demand.Comment: 15 pages, 17 figures, final versio
Linear and nonlinear optical spectroscopy of a strongly-coupled microdisk-quantum dot system
A fiber taper waveguide is used to perform direct optical spectroscopy of a
microdisk-quantum-dot system, exciting the system through the photonic (light)
channel rather than the excitonic (matter) channel. Strong coupling, the regime
of coherent quantum interactions, is demonstrated through observation of vacuum
Rabi splitting in the transmitted and reflected signals from the cavity. The
fiber coupling method also allows the examination of the system's steady-state
nonlinear properties, where saturation of the cavity-QD response is observed
for less than one intracavity photon.Comment: adjusted references, added minor clarification
Quantum dot photonic crystal nanocavities: Transition from weak to strong coupling and nonlinear emissions
Photonic crystal slab nanocavities containing one layer of quantum dots have exhibited: strong coupling to a single quantum dot; tuning by condensation of xenon gas; linewidth broadening due to ensemble dot absorption; gain and lasing
Resonant enhancement of the zero-phonon emission from a color center in a diamond cavity
We demonstrate coupling of the zero-phonon line of individual
nitrogen-vacancy centers and the modes of microring resonators fabricated in
single-crystal diamond. A zero-phonon line enhancement exceeding ten-fold is
estimated from lifetime measurements at cryogenic temperatures. The devices are
fabricated using standard semiconductor techniques and off-the-shelf materials,
thus enabling integrated diamond photonics.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figure
Strong-coupling and nonlinear emission from a quantum-dot photonic-crystal-slab nanocavity
An InAs quantum dot in a photonic crystal nanocavity exhibits vacuum Rabi splitting (strong coupling); a clear anti-crossing is seen between the quantum dot transition and the nanocavity mode as the temperature is scanned