TY  - JOUR
A1  - Redlich, Christoph
A1  - Lingnau, Benjamin
A1  - Holzinger, Steffen
A1  - Schlottmann, Elisabeth
A1  - Kreinberg, Sören
A1  - Schneider, Christian
A1  - Kamp, Martin
A1  - Höfling, Sven
A1  - Wolters, Janik
A1  - Reitzenstein, Stephan
A1  - Lüdge, Kathy
T1  - Mode-switching induced super-thermal bunching in quantum-dot microlasers
JF  - New Journal of Physics
N2  - The super-thermal photon bunching in quantum-dot (QD) micropillar lasers is investigated both experimentally and theoretically via simulations driven by dynamic considerations. Using stochastic multi-mode rate equations we obtain very good agreement between experiment and theory in terms of intensity profiles and intensity-correlation properties of the examined QD micro-laser's emission. Further investigations of the time-dependent emission show that super-thermal photon bunching occurs due to irregular mode-switching events in the bimodal lasers. Our bifurcation analysis reveals that these switchings find their origin in an underlying bistability, such that spontaneous emission noise is able to effectively perturb the two competing modes in a small parameter region. We thus ascribe the observed high photon correlation to dynamical multistabilities rather than quantum mechanical correlations.
KW  - microlaser
KW  - nonlinear dynamics
KW  - correlation properties
KW  - photon statistics
KW  - noise and multimode dynamics
KW  - quantum dot laser
Y1  - 2016
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-166286
VL  - 18
IS  - 063011
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Holzinger, Steffen
A1  - Schneider, Christian
A1  - Höfling, Sven
A1  - Porte, Xavier
A1  - Reitzenstein, Stephan
T1  - Quantum-dot micropillar lasers subject to coherent time-delayed optical feedback from a short external cavity
JF  - Scientific Reports
N2  - We investigate the mode-switching dynamics of an electrically driven bimodal quantum-dot micropillar laser when subject to delayed coherent optical feedback from a short external cavity. We experimentally characterize how the external cavity length, being on the same order than the microlaser’s coherence length, influences the spectral and dynamical properties of the micropillar laser. Moreover, we determine the relaxation oscillation frequency of the micropillar by superimposing optical pulse injection to a dc current. It is found that the optical pulse can be used to disturb the feedback-coupled laser within one roundtrip time in such a way that it reaches the same output power as if no feedback was present. Our results do not only expand the understanding of microlasers when subject to optical feedback from short external cavities, but pave the way towards tailoring the properties of this key nanophotonic system for studies in the quantum regime of self-feedback and its implementation to integrated photonic circuits.
KW  - nanophotonics and plasmonics
KW  - photonic devices
KW  - quantum dots
KW  - semiconductor lasers
Y1  - 2019
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-322485
VL  - 9
ER  -