Cavity QED with quantum dots in semiconductor microcavities
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Cavity quantum electrodynamic (QED) effects are studied in semiconductor microcavities embedded with InGaAs quantum dots. Evidence of weak coupling in the form of lifetime enhancement (the Purcell effect) and inhibition is found in both oxide-apertured micropillars and photonic crystals. In addition, high-efficiency, low-threshold lasing is observed in the photonic crystal cavities where only 2-4 quantum dots exist within the cavity mode volume and are not in general spectrally resonant. The transition to lasing in these soft turn-on devices is explored in a series of nanocavities by observing the change in photon statistics of the cavity mode with increasing pump power near the threshold.
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