Emission properties of nanolasers during the transition to lasing

Weng W Chow; Frank Jahnke; Christopher Gies

doi:10.1038/lsa.2014.82

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Emission properties of nanolasers during the transition to lasing

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- Emission properties of nanolasers during the transition to lasing
- Light: Science & Applications Vol. 3, Issue 3, (2014)
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  1.Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185-1086, USA
  2.Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Bremen, 28334 Bremen, Germany
- Author bio：
  
  Dr WW Chow, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185-1086, USA Email: wwchow@sandia.gov
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- DOI：10.1038/lsa.2014.82
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- Published：2014-09，
  
  Published Online：29 August 2014，
  
  Received：27 March 2014，
  
  Revised：17 May 2014，
  
  Accepted：20 May 2014
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Chow, W. W., Jahnke, F. & Gies, C. Emission properties of nanolasers during the transition to lasing. Light: Science & Applications, 3, e201 (2014).
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Chow, W. W., Jahnke, F. & Gies, C. Emission properties of nanolasers during the transition to lasing. Light: Science & Applications, 3, e201 (2014). DOI： 10.1038/lsa.2014.82.

摘要

Abstract

This review addresses ongoing discussions involving nanolaser experiments

particularly those related to thresholdless lasing or few-emitter devices. A quantum-optical (quantum-mechanical active medium and radiation field) theory is used to examine the emission properties of nanolasers under different experimental configurations. The active medium is t

reated as inhomogeneously broadened semiconductor quantum dots embedded in a quantum well

where carriers are introduced

via

current injection. Comparisons are made between a conventional laser and a nanolaser with a spontaneous emission factor of unity

as well as a laser with only a few quantum dots providing the gain. It is found that the combined exploration of intensity

coherence time

photon autocorrelation function and carrier spectral hole burning can provide a unique and consistent picture of nanolasers in the new regimes of laser operation during the transition from thermal to coherent emission. Furthermore

by reducing the number of quantum dots in the optical cavity

a clear indication of non-classical photon statistics is observed before the single-quantum-dot limit is reached.

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Keywords

nanolasersoptoelectronicsphoton statisticsquantum light sourcesquantum opticssemiconductor quantum dotsthresholdless lasing

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