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Qian C, Troue M, Figueiredo J, Soubelet P, Villafañe V, Beierlein J, Klembt S, Stier AV, Höfling S, Holleitner AW, Finley JJ. Lasing of moiré trapped MoSe 2/WSe 2 interlayer excitons coupled to a nanocavity. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2024; 10:eadk6359. [PMID: 38198542 PMCID: PMC10780878 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adk6359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2023] [Accepted: 12/11/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024]
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We report lasing of moiré trapped interlayer excitons (IXs) by integrating a pristine hBN-encapsulated MoSe2/WSe2 heterobilayer into a high-Q (>104) nanophotonic cavity. We control the cavity-IX detuning using a magnetic field and measure their dipolar coupling strength to be 78 ± 4 micro-electron volts, fully consistent with the 82 micro-electron volts predicted by theory. The emission from the cavity mode shows clear threshold-like behavior as the transition is tuned into resonance with the cavity. We observe a superlinear power dependence accompanied by a narrowing of the linewidth as the distinct features of lasing. The onset and prominence of these threshold-like behaviors are pronounced at resonance while weak off-resonance. Our results show that a lasing transition can be induced in interacting moiré IXs with macroscopic coherence extending over the length scale of the cavity mode. Such systems raise interesting perspectives for low-power switching and synaptic nanophotonic devices using two-dimensional materials.
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- Chenjiang Qian
- Walter Schottky Institut and TUM School of Natural Science, Technische Universität München, Am Coulombwall 4, 85748 Garching, Germany
- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Walter Schottky Institut and TUM School of Natural Science, Technische Universität München, Am Coulombwall 4, 85748 Garching, Germany
- Munich Center for Quantum Science and Technology (MCQST), Schellingstr. 4, 80799 Munich, Germany
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- Walter Schottky Institut and TUM School of Natural Science, Technische Universität München, Am Coulombwall 4, 85748 Garching, Germany
- Munich Center for Quantum Science and Technology (MCQST), Schellingstr. 4, 80799 Munich, Germany
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- Walter Schottky Institut and TUM School of Natural Science, Technische Universität München, Am Coulombwall 4, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Walter Schottky Institut and TUM School of Natural Science, Technische Universität München, Am Coulombwall 4, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Physikalisches Institut and Würzburg-Dresden Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat, Lehrstuhl für Technische Physik, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Physikalisches Institut and Würzburg-Dresden Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat, Lehrstuhl für Technische Physik, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Walter Schottky Institut and TUM School of Natural Science, Technische Universität München, Am Coulombwall 4, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Physikalisches Institut and Würzburg-Dresden Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat, Lehrstuhl für Technische Physik, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Walter Schottky Institut and TUM School of Natural Science, Technische Universität München, Am Coulombwall 4, 85748 Garching, Germany
- Munich Center for Quantum Science and Technology (MCQST), Schellingstr. 4, 80799 Munich, Germany
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- Walter Schottky Institut and TUM School of Natural Science, Technische Universität München, Am Coulombwall 4, 85748 Garching, Germany
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Vyshnevyy AA, Fedyanin DY. Lasing threshold of thresholdless and non-thresholdless metal-semiconductor nanolasers. OPTICS EXPRESS 2018; 26:33473-33483. [PMID: 30645499 DOI: 10.1364/oe.26.033473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2018] [Accepted: 11/29/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The recently developed plasmonic and photonic metal-semiconductor nanolasers feature unique properties, such as ultra-small mode volume and footprint, high Purcell factor, and ultra-fast modulation. However, it is often difficult to recognize when the transition to lasing occurs, while the most important feature of laser radiation, i.e., coherence, is available only above the lasing threshold. Here we systematically study the second-order coherence properties of metal-semiconductor nanolasers at both low- and high-pump rates. We find the lasing threshold using a clear coherence definition and derive a simple expression for the threshold pump current (optical pump power), which can be applied to most thresholdless and non-thresholdless metal-semiconductor nanolasers.
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Kuhn SC, Knorr A, Reitzenstein S, Richter M. Cavity assisted emission of single, paired and heralded photons from a single quantum dot device. OPTICS EXPRESS 2016; 24:25446-25461. [PMID: 27828483 DOI: 10.1364/oe.24.025446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The photon emission into different spatial directions of a quantum dot in a micropillar cavity is theoretically analyzed. We propose two types of photon emission statistics from a single quantum light device: (i) single photon emission into the axial, strong coupling direction and a two-photon emission into the lateral, weak coupling direction, as well as (ii) the simultaneous use of both emission directions for the temporally ordered generation of two photons within a defined time-bin constituting a heralded single photon source. Our results open up exciting perspectives for solid state based quantum light sources, which can be generalized to any quantum emitter-microcavity system featuring spatially distinct emission channels between the resonator and unconfined modes.
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Jahnke F, Gies C, Aßmann M, Bayer M, Leymann HAM, Foerster A, Wiersig J, Schneider C, Kamp M, Höfling S. Giant photon bunching, superradiant pulse emission and excitation trapping in quantum-dot nanolasers. Nat Commun 2016; 7:11540. [PMID: 27161302 PMCID: PMC4866307 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms11540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2015] [Accepted: 04/07/2016] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Light is often characterized only by its classical properties, like intensity or coherence. When looking at its quantum properties, described by photon correlations, new information about the state of the matter generating the radiation can be revealed. In particular the difference between independent and entangled emitters, which is at the heart of quantum mechanics, can be made visible in the photon statistics of the emitted light. The well-studied phenomenon of superradiance occurs when quantum–mechanical correlations between the emitters are present. Notwithstanding, superradiance was previously demonstrated only in terms of classical light properties. Here, we provide the missing link between quantum correlations of the active material and photon correlations in the emitted radiation. We use the superradiance of quantum dots in a cavity-quantum electrodynamics laser to show a direct connection between superradiant pulse emission and distinctive changes in the photon correlation function. This directly demonstrates the importance of quantum–mechanical correlations and their transfer between carriers and photons in novel optoelectronic devices. Classical light sources are characterized by their intensity and coherence, whereas quantum light sources are described by photon correlations. Here, the authors provide a connection between the two for the case of superradiant emission from quantum dots in a nanolaser.
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- Frank Jahnke
- Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Bremen, 28334 Bremen, Germany
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- Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Bremen, 28334 Bremen, Germany
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- Experimentelle Physik II, Technische Universität Dortmund, 44221 Dortmund, Germany
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- Experimentelle Physik II, Technische Universität Dortmund, 44221 Dortmund, Germany
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- Institute for Theoretical Physics, Otto-von-Guericke University of Magdeburg, 39016 Magdeburg, Germany
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- Institute for Theoretical Physics, Otto-von-Guericke University of Magdeburg, 39016 Magdeburg, Germany
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- Institute for Theoretical Physics, Otto-von-Guericke University of Magdeburg, 39016 Magdeburg, Germany
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- Technische Physik, University of Würzburg, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Technische Physik, University of Würzburg, 97074 Würzburg, Germany.,School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, KY16 9SS St Andrews, UK
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Kamide K, Iwamoto S, Arakawa Y. Impact of the dark path on quantum dot single photon emitters in small cavities. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2014; 113:143604. [PMID: 25325644 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.113.143604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Incoherent pumping in quantum dots can create a biexciton state through two paths: via the formation of bright or dark exciton states. The latter, dark-pumping path is shown to enhance the probability of two-photon simultaneous emission and hence increase g((2))(0) by a factor ∝ 1/γ(S), due to the slow spin relaxation rate γ(S) in quantum dots. The existence of the dark path is shown to impose a limitation on the single photon emission process, especially in nanocavities which exhibit a large exciton-cavity coupling and a Purcell enhancement for fast quantum telecommunications.
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- Kenji Kamide
- Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 153-8505, Japan
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- Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 153-8505, Japan and Institute for Nano Quantum Information Electronics (NanoQuine), University of Tokyo, Tokyo 153-8505, Japan
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- Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 153-8505, Japan and Institute for Nano Quantum Information Electronics (NanoQuine), University of Tokyo, Tokyo 153-8505, Japan
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Guan H, Yao P, Yu W, Wang P, Ming H. Lasing properties of non-resonant single quantum dot-cavity system under incoherent excitation. OPTICS EXPRESS 2012; 20:28437-28446. [PMID: 23263079 DOI: 10.1364/oe.20.028437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Single quantum dot laser has earned extensive interest due to its peculiar properties, however, most of works are focused on the resonant case. In this paper, the lasing oscillation based on off-resonant quantum dot (QD)-cavity system is investigated detailedly through two-electrons QD model. By gradually increasing the pump rate, the typical lasing signatures are shown with and without detuning, include the spectral transition from multiple peaks to single peak, and antibunching to Poissonian distribution. It is also demonstrated how detuning factor strongly influence photon statistics and emission properties, specially, the side peak of spectra induced by the exchange energy (named "sub-peak") will go across the main peak from left to right when the detuning is gradually increased, and, furthermore, we find the "sub-peak cross of spectra" will facilitate the lasing oscillation because of the existence of exchange energy.
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- Huan Guan
- Department of Optics and Optical Engineering, Anhui Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, China, 230026
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Gies C, Florian M, Gartner P, Jahnke F. The single quantum dot-laser: lasing and strong coupling in the high-excitation regime. OPTICS EXPRESS 2011; 19:14370-14388. [PMID: 21934800 DOI: 10.1364/oe.19.014370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The emission properties of a single quantum dot in a microcavity are studied on the basis of a semiconductor model. As a function of the pump rate of the system we investigate the onset of stimulated emission, the possibility to realize stimulated emission in the strong-coupling regime, as well as the excitation-dependent changes of the photon statistics and the emission spectrum. The role of possible excited charged and multi-exciton states, the different sources of dephasing for various quantum-dot transitions, and the influence of background emission into the cavity mode are analyzed in detail. In the strong coupling regime, the emission spectrum can contain a line at the cavity resonance in addition to the vacuum doublet caused by off-resonant transitions of the same quantum dot. If strong coupling persists in the regime of stimulated emission, the emission spectrum near the cavity resonance additionally grows due to broadened contributions from higher rungs of the Jaynes-Cummings ladder.
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- Christopher Gies
- Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Bremen, 28334 Bremen, Germany.
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