Photon trains and lasing: The periodically pumped quantum dot

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作者
Wiele, C [1 ]
Haake, F
Rocke, C
Wixforth, A
机构
[1] Univ Essen Gesamthsch, Fachbereich Phys, D-45117 Essen, Germany
[2] Univ Munich, Sekt Phys, D-80539 Munich, Germany
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PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 1998年 / 58卷 / 04期
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10.1103/PhysRevA.58.R2680
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We propose to pump semiconductor quantum dots with surface acoustic waves that deliver an alternating periodic sequence of electrons and holes. In combination with a good optical cavity such regular pumping could entail antibunching and sub-Poissonian photon statistics. In the bad-cavity limit a train of equally spaced photons would arise. [S1050-2947(98)51410-2].
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页码:R2680 / R2683
页数:4
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