Title :
Realization of giant optical nonlinearities in a quantum dot coupled to a nanocavity
Author :
Englund, Dirk ; Faraon, Andrei ; Fushman, Ilya ; Stoltz, Nick ; Petroff, Pierre ; Vuckovic, Jelena
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Appl. Phys., Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA
Abstract :
We coherently probe a quantum dot that is strongly coupled to a photonic crystal nano-cavity by scattering of a resonant laser beam. The coupled systempsilas response is highly nonlinear as the quantum dot saturation with nearly one photon per cavity lifetime. This coherent probing method has applications for classical and quantum information processing.
Keywords :
laser beams; laser cavity resonators; nanophotonics; nonlinear optics; photonic crystals; quantum dots; quantum optics; coherent probing method; giant optical nonlinearity; photonic crystal nanocavity; quantum dot saturation; quantum information processing; resonant laser beam scattering; Nonlinear optics; Optical coupling; Optical saturation; Optical scattering; Particle scattering; Photonic crystals; Probes; Quantum dot lasers; Quantum dots; Resonance;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2008. LEOS 2008. 21st Annual Meeting of the
Conference_Location :
Acapulco
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1931-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1932-6
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2008.4688793
