Propagation of Nonclassical Light through a Semiconductor Microcavity

Propagation of Nonclassical Light through a Semiconductor Microcavity

We extend recently developed schemes for field quantization in absorbing dielectric media with local susceptibilities to dielectric systems described by a nonlocal susceptibility, in order to quantize the electromagnetic field in quantum wells embedded in planar semiconductor microcavities. As an application of the formalism, we analyze the effects of the propagation through a semiconductor mic...

Propagation Loss Measurements in Semiconductor Microcavity Ring and Disk Resonators

We report the measurement of cavity propagation losses in nearly single-mode semiconductor waveguide-coupled ring and disk microcavity optical resonators. Using a novel 10.5m-diameter ring resonator, we measure transverse electric (TE) and transverse magnetic (TM) field intensity losses in 0.35m-wide ring waveguide cavities in the 1.55m-wavelength region. We present the experimental results for...

Propagation of Light in Disordered Semiconductor Materials

Statistics of Exciton Emission in a Semiconductor Microcavity: Detuning and Exciton-Exciton Effects

We consider the interaction of quantum light with an ideal semiconductor microcavity. We investigate photon statistics in different conditions and the presence of detuning and exciton-exciton interaction. We show that in the resonant interaction and absence of the exciton-exciton interaction, the state of the whole system can be considered as   coherent state. According to our results, it turns...

Excitation-induced coherence in a semiconductor microcavity

We measure the dephasing times of high finesse semiconductor microcavities in the strong coupling regime using degenerate four-wave mixing. We find that under certain excitation conditions ~near-normal incidence! the dephasing time of the lower polariton branch increases with the excitation intensity. This excitation induced coherence indicates that the lower polariton is acting as a Bose parti...