Emission from quantum-dot high-β microcavities: transition from spontaneous emission to lasing and the effects of superradiant emitter coupling
Abstract
Measured and calculated results are presented for the emission properties of a new class of emitters operating in the cavity quantum electrodynamics regime. The structures are based on high-finesse GaAs/AlAs micropillar cavities, each with an active medium consisting of a layer of InGaAs quantum dots (QDs) and the distinguishing feature of having a substantial fraction of spontaneous emission channeled into one cavity mode (high β-factor). This paper demonstrates that the usual criterion for lasing with a conventional (low β-factor) cavity, that is, a sharp non-linearity in the input–output curve accompanied by noticeable linewidth narrowing, has to be reinforced by the equal-time second-order photon autocorrelation function to confirm lasing. The article also shows that the equal-time second-order photon autocorrelation function is useful for recognizing superradiance, a manifestation of the correlations possible in high-β microcavities operating with QDs. In terms of consolidating the collected data and identifying the physics underlying laser action, both theory and experiment suggest a sole dependence on intracavity photon number. Evidence for this assertion comes from all our measured and calculated data on emission coherence and fluctuation, for devices ranging from light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and cavity-enhanced LEDs to lasers, lying on the same two curves: one for linewidthmore »
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- Technische Univ. Berlin (Germany). Inst. fur Festkorperphysik
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Univ. of Wurzburg (Germany). Lehrstuhl fur Technische Physik
- Univ. of St. Andrews, Scotland (United Kingdom). School of Physics and Astronomy
- Univ. of Wurzburg (Germany). Lehrstuhl fur Technische Physik; Univ. of St. Andrews, Scotland (United Kingdom). School of Physics and Astronomy
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); European Union (EU); German Research Foundation (DFG)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1398781
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-2017-9890J
Journal ID: ISSN 2047-7538; lsa201730
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000; 615613
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Light, Science & Applications
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 6; Journal Issue: 8; Journal ID: ISSN 2047-7538
- Publisher:
- Nature Publishing Group
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; coherence; laser physics; microlasers; nanolasers; optoelectronics; photon statistics; quantum dots; quantum optics
Citation Formats
Kreinberg, Sören, Chow, Weng W., Wolters, Janik, Schneider, Christian, Gies, Christopher, Jahnke, Frank, Höfling, Sven, Kamp, Martin, and Reitzenstein, Stephan. Emission from quantum-dot high-β microcavities: transition from spontaneous emission to lasing and the effects of superradiant emitter coupling. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1038/lsa.2017.30.
Kreinberg, Sören, Chow, Weng W., Wolters, Janik, Schneider, Christian, Gies, Christopher, Jahnke, Frank, Höfling, Sven, Kamp, Martin, & Reitzenstein, Stephan. Emission from quantum-dot high-β microcavities: transition from spontaneous emission to lasing and the effects of superradiant emitter coupling. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/lsa.2017.30
Kreinberg, Sören, Chow, Weng W., Wolters, Janik, Schneider, Christian, Gies, Christopher, Jahnke, Frank, Höfling, Sven, Kamp, Martin, and Reitzenstein, Stephan. Tue .
"Emission from quantum-dot high-β microcavities: transition from spontaneous emission to lasing and the effects of superradiant emitter coupling". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/lsa.2017.30. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1398781.
@article{osti_1398781,
title = {Emission from quantum-dot high-β microcavities: transition from spontaneous emission to lasing and the effects of superradiant emitter coupling},
author = {Kreinberg, Sören and Chow, Weng W. and Wolters, Janik and Schneider, Christian and Gies, Christopher and Jahnke, Frank and Höfling, Sven and Kamp, Martin and Reitzenstein, Stephan},
abstractNote = {Measured and calculated results are presented for the emission properties of a new class of emitters operating in the cavity quantum electrodynamics regime. The structures are based on high-finesse GaAs/AlAs micropillar cavities, each with an active medium consisting of a layer of InGaAs quantum dots (QDs) and the distinguishing feature of having a substantial fraction of spontaneous emission channeled into one cavity mode (high β-factor). This paper demonstrates that the usual criterion for lasing with a conventional (low β-factor) cavity, that is, a sharp non-linearity in the input–output curve accompanied by noticeable linewidth narrowing, has to be reinforced by the equal-time second-order photon autocorrelation function to confirm lasing. The article also shows that the equal-time second-order photon autocorrelation function is useful for recognizing superradiance, a manifestation of the correlations possible in high-β microcavities operating with QDs. In terms of consolidating the collected data and identifying the physics underlying laser action, both theory and experiment suggest a sole dependence on intracavity photon number. Evidence for this assertion comes from all our measured and calculated data on emission coherence and fluctuation, for devices ranging from light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and cavity-enhanced LEDs to lasers, lying on the same two curves: one for linewidth narrowing versus intracavity photon number and the other for g(2)(0) versus intracavity photon number.},
doi = {10.1038/lsa.2017.30},
journal = {Light, Science & Applications},
number = 8,
volume = 6,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Feb 28 00:00:00 EST 2017},
month = {Tue Feb 28 00:00:00 EST 2017}
}
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