OBSERVATION OF THE COUPLED EXCITON-PHOTON MODE SPLITTING IN A SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM MICROCAVITY

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作者
WEISBUCH, C
NISHIOKA, M
ISHIKAWA, A
ARAKAWA, Y
机构
[1] THOMPSON CSF,CENT RECH LAB,F-91404 ORSAY,FRANCE
[2] UNIV TOKYO,INST IND SCI,MINATO KU,TOKYO 106,JAPAN
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.69.3314
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
The spectral response of a monolithic semiconductor quantum microcavity with quantum wells as the active medium displays mode splittings when the quantum wells and the optical cavity are in resonance. This effect can be seen as the Rabi vacuum-field splitting of the quantum-well excitons, or more classically as the normal-mode splitting of coupled oscillators, the excitons and the electromagnetic field of the microcavity. An exciton oscillator strength of 4 x 10(12) cm-2 is deduced for 76-angstrom quantum wells.
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页码:3314 / 3317
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