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  • Editor: C. Martijn de Sterke
  • Vol. 17, Iss. 15 — Jul. 20, 2009
  • pp: 12821–12828

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The role of optical excitation power on the emission spectra of a strongly coupled quantum dot-micropillar system

S. Münch, S. Reitzenstein, P. Franeck, A. Löffler, T. Heindel, S. Höfling, L. Worschech, and A. Forchel  »View Author Affiliations


Optics Express, Vol. 17, Issue 15, pp. 12821-12828 (2009)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.17.012821


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Abstract

A strongly coupled quantum dot-micropillar cavity system is studied under variation of the excitation power. The characteristic double peak spectral shape of the emission with a vacuum Rabi splitting of 85 µeV at low excitation transforms gradually into a single broad emission peak when the excitation power is increased. Modelling the experimental data by a recently published formalism [Laussy et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 083601 (2008)] yields a transition from strong coupling towards weak coupling which is mainly attributed to an excitation power driven decrease of the exciton-photon coupling constant.

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OCIS Codes
(270.5580) Quantum optics : Quantum electrodynamics
(250.5590) Optoelectronics : Quantum-well, -wire and -dot devices

ToC Category:
Optoelectronics

History
Original Manuscript: May 6, 2009
Revised Manuscript: June 17, 2009
Manuscript Accepted: June 23, 2009
Published: July 13, 2009

Citation
S. Münch, S. Reitzenstein, P. Franeck, A. Löffler, T. Heindel, S. Höfling, L. Worschech, and A. Forchel, "The role of optical excitation power on the emission spectra of a strongly coupled quantum dot-micropillar system," Opt. Express 17, 12821-12828 (2009)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-17-15-12821


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