Picosecond control of quantum dot laser emission by coherent phonons

A picosecond acoustic pulse can be used to control the lasing emission from semiconductor nanostructures by shifting their electronic transitions. When the active medium, here an ensemble of (In,Ga)As quantum dots, is shifted into or out of resonance with the cavity mode, a large enhancement or supp...

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Main Authors: Czerniuk, T., Wigger, D., Akimov, A.V., Schneider, C., Kamp, M., Höfling, S., Yakovlev, D.R., Kuhn, T., Reiter, D.E., Bayer, M.
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Published: American Physical Society 2017
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author Czerniuk, T.
Wigger, D.
Akimov, A.V.
Schneider, C.
Kamp, M.
Höfling, S.
Yakovlev, D.R.
Kuhn, T.
Reiter, D.E.
Bayer, M.
author_facet Czerniuk, T.
Wigger, D.
Akimov, A.V.
Schneider, C.
Kamp, M.
Höfling, S.
Yakovlev, D.R.
Kuhn, T.
Reiter, D.E.
Bayer, M.
author_sort Czerniuk, T.
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description A picosecond acoustic pulse can be used to control the lasing emission from semiconductor nanostructures by shifting their electronic transitions. When the active medium, here an ensemble of (In,Ga)As quantum dots, is shifted into or out of resonance with the cavity mode, a large enhancement or suppression of the lasing emission can dynamically be achieved. Most interesting, even in the case when gain medium and cavity mode are in resonance, we observe an enhancement of the lasing due to shaking by coherent phonons. In order to understand the interactions of the nonlinearly coupled photon-exciton-phonon subsystems, we develop a semiclassical model and find an excellent agreement between theory and experiment.
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spelling nottingham-416082020-05-04T18:39:10Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/41608/ Picosecond control of quantum dot laser emission by coherent phonons Czerniuk, T. Wigger, D. Akimov, A.V. Schneider, C. Kamp, M. Höfling, S. Yakovlev, D.R. Kuhn, T. Reiter, D.E. Bayer, M. A picosecond acoustic pulse can be used to control the lasing emission from semiconductor nanostructures by shifting their electronic transitions. When the active medium, here an ensemble of (In,Ga)As quantum dots, is shifted into or out of resonance with the cavity mode, a large enhancement or suppression of the lasing emission can dynamically be achieved. Most interesting, even in the case when gain medium and cavity mode are in resonance, we observe an enhancement of the lasing due to shaking by coherent phonons. In order to understand the interactions of the nonlinearly coupled photon-exciton-phonon subsystems, we develop a semiclassical model and find an excellent agreement between theory and experiment. American Physical Society 2017-03-27 Article PeerReviewed Czerniuk, T., Wigger, D., Akimov, A.V., Schneider, C., Kamp, M., Höfling, S., Yakovlev, D.R., Kuhn, T., Reiter, D.E. and Bayer, M. (2017) Picosecond control of quantum dot laser emission by coherent phonons. Physical Review Letters, 118 (13). 133901/1-133901/5. ISSN 1079-7114 http://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.133901 doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.133901 doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.133901
spellingShingle Czerniuk, T.
Wigger, D.
Akimov, A.V.
Schneider, C.
Kamp, M.
Höfling, S.
Yakovlev, D.R.
Kuhn, T.
Reiter, D.E.
Bayer, M.
Picosecond control of quantum dot laser emission by coherent phonons
title Picosecond control of quantum dot laser emission by coherent phonons
title_full Picosecond control of quantum dot laser emission by coherent phonons
title_fullStr Picosecond control of quantum dot laser emission by coherent phonons
title_full_unstemmed Picosecond control of quantum dot laser emission by coherent phonons
title_short Picosecond control of quantum dot laser emission by coherent phonons
title_sort picosecond control of quantum dot laser emission by coherent phonons
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