• DocumentCode
    732569
  • Title

    Phonon-assisted population inversion of a single quantum dot

  • Author

    Brash, A.J. ; Quilter, J.H. ; Liu, F. ; Glassl, M. ; Barth, A.M. ; Axt, V.M. ; Ramsay, A.J. ; Skolnick, M.S. ; Fox, A.M.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Univ. of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    10-15 May 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate a new method to produce a population inversion in an InGaAs quantum dot by quasi-resonant, incoherent excitation within the LA phonon sideband. A maximum exciton population of 0.67 is measured; applications include single photon sources and single QD lasers.
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; excitons; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; phonons; population inversion; semiconductor quantum dots; InGaAs; LA phonon sideband; exciton population; phonon-assisted population inversion; quasiresonant incoherent excitation; single photon sources; single quantum dot lasers; Amplitude modulation; Excitons; Phonons; Photonics; Quantum dot lasers; Sociology; Statistics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7183002