Single Photons from Coupled Quantum Modes Tim Liew & Vincenzo Savona Institute of Theoretical Physics, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland Single Mode Polariton Blockade Two coupled modes (polariton boxes) - Master Equation for the density matrix - Single Photon Statistics - Linear Fluctuation Theory Three couple modes (parametric scattering) - Single Photon Statistics - Level Diagram Comparison of different systems & Effect of dephasing
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Single Photonsfrom Coupled Quantum Modes
Tim Liew & Vincenzo SavonaInstitute of Theoretical Physics, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
(EPFL), Switzerland
Single Mode Polariton BlockadeTwo coupled modes (polariton boxes)
- Master Equation for the density matrix- Single Photon Statistics- Linear Fluctuation Theory
Three couple modes (parametric scattering)- Single Photon Statistics- Level Diagram
Comparison of different systems & Effect of dephasing
A Verger, C Ciuti & I Carusotto, PRB, 73, 193306 (2006)
Single Mode Polariton BlockadeOptical Limiter
Need confinement in an area 200nm x 200nm
E (meV)
k|| (mm-1) P
n
Planar Cavity
Two Mode System
Coupled Micropillar Cavities D Bajoni, et al., APL, 90, 051107 (2007) D Bajoni, et al., PRL, 100, 047401 (2008)
Optical Excitation A Amo, et al., arXiv:1003.0131 (2010)
Metal surface pattern C W Lai, et al., Nature, 450, 529 (2007) S Utsunomiya, et. al., Nature Phys., 4, 700
(2008) C Symonds, et al., APL, 95, 151114 (2009) M Kaliteevski, et al., APL, 95, 251108 (2009)
Pattern Cavity Thickness R Idrissi Kaitouni, et al., PRB, 74, 155311 (2006) R Cerna, et al., PRB, 80, 121309 (2009)
Apply Stress R Balili, et al., Science, 316, 1007 (2007)
Coupled Photonic Crystal Cavities D Gerace, et al., Nature Phys., 5, 281 (2009)