Higher-order photon correlations in pulsed photonic crystal nanolasers

Journal Article · Thu Dec 15 00:00:00 EST 2011 · Physical Review. A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVA.84.061802· OSTI ID:22095530

Elvira, D.; Hachair, X.; Braive, R.; Beaudoin, G.; Robert-Philip, I.; Sagnes, I.; Abram, I.; Beveratos, A. ^[1]; Verma, V. B.; Baek, B.; Nam, S. W.; Stevens, M. J. ^[2]; Dauler, E. A. ^[3]

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1. Laboratoire de Photonique et Nanostructures LPN-CNRS UPR20, Route de Nozay, F-91460 Marcoussis (France)
2. National Institute of Standards and Technology, 325 Broadway, Boulder, Colorado 80305 (United States)
3. Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lexington, Massachusetts 02420 (United States)

We report on the higher-order photon correlations of a high-{beta} nanolaser under pulsed excitation at room temperature. Using a multiplexed four-element superconducting single-photon detector we measured g{sup (n)}(0-vector) with n=2,3,4. All orders of correlation display partially chaotic statistics, even at four times the threshold excitation power. We show that this departure from coherence and Poisson statistics is due to the quantum fluctuations associated with the small number of photons at the lasing threshold.

• OSTI ID: 22095530
• Journal Information: Physical Review. A, Vol. 84, Issue 6; Other Information: (c) 2011 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1050-2947
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
CHAOS THEORY
CORRELATIONS
CRYSTALS
EXCITATION
FLUCTUATIONS
LASER RADIATION
PHOTONS
QUANTUM MECHANICS
SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES
TEMPERATURE RANGE 0273-0400 K
VECTORS