Photon-statistics excitation spectroscopy of a single two-level system

Max Strauß; Marlon Placke; Sören Kreinberg; Christian Schneider; Martin Kamp; Sven Hoefling; Janik Wolters; Stephan Reitzenstein

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.93.241306

Photon-statistics excitation spectroscopy of a single two-level system

Max Strauß, Marlon Placke, Sören Kreinberg, Christian Schneider, Martin Kamp, Sven Hoefling, Janik Wolters, Stephan Reitzenstein

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We investigate the influence of the photon statistics on the excitation dynamics of a single two level system. A single semiconductor quantum dot represents the two level system and is resonantly excited either with coherent laser light, or excited with chaotic light, with photon statistics corresponding to that of thermal radiation. Experimentally, we observe a reduced absorption cross section under chaotic excitation in the steady-state. In the transient regime, the Rabi oscillations observable under coherent excitation disappear under chaotic excitation. Likewise, in the emission spectrum the well-known Mollow triplet, which we observe under coherent drive, disappears under chaotic excitation. Our observations are fully consistent with theoretical predictions based on the
semi-classical Bloch equation approach.

Original language	English
Article number	241306(R)
Number of pages	5
Journal	Physical Review. B, Condensed matter and materials physics
Volume	93
Issue number	24
Early online date	17 Jun 2016
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.93.241306
Publication status	Published - Jun 2016

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