Quantum statistics of light emitted from a pillar microcavity

A quantum behavior of the light emitted by exciton polaritons excited in a pillar semiconductor microcavity with embedded quantum well is investigated. Considering the bare excitons and photon modes as coupled quantum oscillators allows for an accurate accounting of the nonlinear and dissipative eff...

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Published in:Applied physics. B, Lasers and optics Lasers and optics, 2022-07, Vol.128 (7), Article 117
Main Authors: Khudaiberganov, Timur A., Chestnov, Igor Yu, Arakelian, Sergei M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Applied physics
Bunching
Coupled modes
Engineering
Excitons
Lasers
Optical Devices
Optics
Oscillators
Photonics
Photons
Physical Chemistry
Physics
Physics and Astronomy
Polaritons
Quantum Optics
Quantum statistics
Quantum wells
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Summary:A quantum behavior of the light emitted by exciton polaritons excited in a pillar semiconductor microcavity with embedded quantum well is investigated. Considering the bare excitons and photon modes as coupled quantum oscillators allows for an accurate accounting of the nonlinear and dissipative effects. In particular, using the method of the quantum states representation in a quantum phase space via quasiprobability functions (namely, a P -function and a Wigner function), we study the impact of the laser and the exciton-photon detuning on the second order correlation function of the emitted photons. We determine the conditions under which the phenomena of bunching, giant bunching, and antibunching of the emitted light emerge. In particular, we predict the effect of a giant bunching for the case of a large exciton to photon population ratio. Within the domain of parameters supporting a bistability regime we demonstrate the effect of bunching of photons.
ISSN:0946-2171
1432-0649
DOI:10.1007/s00340-022-07835-6