Single-mode spontaneous emission from a single quantum dot in a three-dimensional microcavity

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作者
Solomon, GS [1 ]
Pelton, M
Yamamoto, Y
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[1] Stanford Univ, Ginzton Lab, JST, ICORP,Quantum Entanglement Project, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
[2] Stanford Univ, Solid State Photon Lab, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
[3] NTT, Basic Res Labs, Atsugi, Kanagawa 24301, Japan
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.3903
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
The spontaneous emission from an isolated semiconductor quantum dot state has been coupled with high efficiency to a single, polarization-degenerate cavity mode. The InAs quantum dot is epitaxially formed and embedded in a planar epitaxial microcavity, which is processed into a post of submicron diameter. The single, quantum dot spontaneous emission lifetime is reduced from the noncavity value of 1.3 ns to 280 Fs, resulting in a single-mode spontaneous emission coupling efficiency of 78%.
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页码:3903 / 3906
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