Resonance photoluminescence from a single semiconductor quantum dot in a microcavity.

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Abstract

The analogue of resonance fluorescence in atomic physics is demonstrated for the first time in a zero-dimensional solid-state system consisting of self-assembled InGaAs quantum dots. The dots were embedded in a planar microcavity so that the quantum dot emission, coupled to the resonant cavity modes, was effectively decoupled from the excitation field. The latter was introduced via waveguide modes with a fiber in a side-excitation configuration. The result is a background-free detection of a single quantum dot's photoluminescence which shows antibunched photon emission and can be driven into Rabi oscillations using pulsed excitation.

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Authors

  • A. Muller

    • Department of Physics, The University of Texas at Austin
    • Dept. of Physics, The University of Texas at Austin

  • E.B. Flagg

    • Department of Physics, The University of Texas at Austin

  • X.Y. Wang

    • Department of Physics, The University of Texas at Austin

  • D.G. Deppe

    • College of Optics and Photonics (CREOL), University of Central Florida

  • W. Ma

    • Department of Physics, University of Arkansas

  • J. Zhang

    • Department of Physics, University of Arkansas

  • G.J. Salamo

    • Department of Physics, University of Arkansas

  • M. Xiao

    • Department of Physics, University of Arkansas

  • C.K. Shih

    • Department of Physics, The University of Texas at Austin