The single quantum dot-laser: Lasing and strong coupling in the high-excitation regime

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 14370-14388

  Gies, Christopher ^a   Florian, Matthias ^a   Gartner, Paul ^a,b   Jahnke, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS PHYSICS   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVITY RESONATORS; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; LASER EXCITATION; RESONANCE; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; STIMULATED EMISSION;

BACKGROUND EMISSIONS; CAVITY MODE; CAVITY RESONANCES; DEPHASING; EMISSION PROPERTIES; EMISSION SPECTRUMS; JAYNES-CUMMINGS; MULTIEXCITON STATE; PHOTON STATISTICS; PUMP RATE; SEMICONDUCTOR MODEL; SINGLE QUANTUM; SINGLE QUANTUM DOT; STRONG COUPLING; STRONG-COUPLING REGIME;

QUANTUM DOT LASERS;

EID: 79960520779     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.014370     Document Type: Article

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