Laser oscillation in a strongly coupled single-quantum-dot-nanocavity system

Nature Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 279-283

  Nomura, M ^a   Kumagai, N ^a   Iwamoto, S ^a,b   Ota, Y ^a,b   Arakawa, Y ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODYNAMICS; NANOCRYSTALS; QUANTUM OPTICS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

CAVITY QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS; FIELD COUPLING; LASER OSCILLATIONS; SINGLE QUANTUM; SINGLE QUANTUM DOT; STRONG COUPLING; STRONG-COUPLING REGIME; VACUUM RABI OSCILLATIONS;

QUANTUM DOT LASERS;

EID: 77950521497     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1518     Document Type: Article

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