Characterization of Strong Light-Matter Coupling in Semiconductor Quantum-Dot Microcavities via Photon-Statistics Spectroscopy

2008/08/28 by L. Schneebeli, M. Kira, S. W. Koch · 4 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Strong Light-Matter Interactions #Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices #Photonic Crystals and Applications

paper · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.101.097401

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Abstract

It is shown that spectrally resolved photon-statistics measurements of the resonance fluorescence from realistic semiconductor quantum-dot systems allow for high contrast identification of the two-photon strong-coupling states. Using a microscopic theory, the second-rung resonance of Jaynes-Cummings ladder is analyzed and optimum excitation conditions are determined. The computed photon-statistics spectrum displays gigantic, experimentally robust resonances at the energetic positions of the second-rung emission.

Citations

• Photon Antibunching in Resonance Fluorescence
• Many-body correlations and excitonic effects in semiconductor spectroscopy
• Quantum theory of spontaneous emission and coherent effects in semiconductor microstructures
• Strong coupling in a single quantum dot–semiconductor microcavity system

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