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  • Editor: C. Martijn de Sterke
  • Vol. 20, Iss. 27 — Dec. 17, 2012
  • pp: 28437–28446

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Lasing properties of non-resonant single quantum dot-cavity system under incoherent excitation

Huan Guan, Peijun Yao, Wenhai Yu, Pei Wang, and Hai Ming  »View Author Affiliations


Optics Express, Vol. 20, Issue 27, pp. 28437-28446 (2012)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.20.028437


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Abstract

Single quantum dot laser has earned extensive interest due to its peculiar properties, however, most of works are focused on the resonant case. In this paper, the lasing oscillation based on off-resonant quantum dot (QD)-cavity system is investigated detailedly through two-electrons QD model. By gradually increasing the pump rate, the typical lasing signatures are shown with and without detuning, include the spectral transition from multiple peaks to single peak, and antibunching to Poissonian distribution. It is also demonstrated how detuning factor strongly influence photon statistics and emission properties, specially, the side peak of spectra induced by the exchange energy (named “sub-peak”) will go across the main peak from left to right when the detuning is gradually increased, and, furthermore, we find the “sub-peak cross of spectra” will facilitate the lasing oscillation because of the existence of exchange energy.

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OCIS Codes
(140.3570) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, single-mode
(270.5290) Quantum optics : Photon statistics
(140.3948) Lasers and laser optics : Microcavity devices
(250.5590) Optoelectronics : Quantum-well, -wire and -dot devices

ToC Category:
Lasers and Laser Optics

History
Original Manuscript: September 26, 2012
Revised Manuscript: November 25, 2012
Manuscript Accepted: November 26, 2012
Published: December 7, 2012

Citation
Huan Guan, Peijun Yao, Wenhai Yu, Pei Wang, and Hai Ming, "Lasing properties of non-resonant single quantum dot-cavity system under incoherent excitation," Opt. Express 20, 28437-28446 (2012)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-20-27-28437


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