Cavity-enhanced simultaneous dressing of quantum dot exciton and biexciton states

Fabian Hargart, Markus Müller, Kaushik Roy-Choudhury, Simone Luca Portalupi, Christian Schneider, Sven Höfling, Martin Kamp, Stephen Hughes, Peter Michler

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Abstract

We demonstrate the simultaneous dressing of both vacuum-to-exciton and exciton-to-biexciton transitions of a single semiconductor quantum dot in a high-Q micropillar cavity, using photoluminescence spectroscopy. Resonant two-photon excitation of the biexciton is achieved by spectrally tuning the quantum dot emission with respect to the cavity mode. The cavity couples to both transitions and amplifies the Rabi-frequency of the likewise resonant cw laser, driving the transitions. We observe strong-field splitting of the emission lines, which depend on the driving Rabi field amplitude and the cavity-laser detuning. A dressed state theory of a driven 4-level atom correctly predicts the distinct spectral transitions observed in the emission spectrum, and a detailed description of the emission spectra is further provided through a polaron master equation approach which accounts for cavity coupling and acoustic phonon interactions of the semiconductor medium.
Original languageEnglish
Article number115308
JournalPhysical Review. B, Condensed matter and materials physics
Volume93
Issue number11
Early online date14 Mar 2016
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Mar 2016

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