Optical parametric oscillaton in 1D semiconductor microcavities
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چکیده
We present an experimental investigation of parametric scattering processes and optical parametric oscillations in wire shaped, one-dimensional semiconductor microcavities. Far field emission patterns and corresponding band dispersion are studied by polarization resolved measurements and power dependence measurements under resonant and non-resonant excitation. The multiplicity of the photonic bands allows for an efficient engineering of interbranch parametric scattering processes. We demonstrate the onset of optical parametric oscillation of perfectly balanced twin beams, degenerate in energy and split in momentum space.
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