@article{RedlichLingnauHolzingeretal.2016,
  author    = {Redlich, Christoph and Lingnau, Benjamin and Holzinger, Steffen and Schlottmann, Elisabeth and Kreinberg, S{\"o}ren and Schneider, Christian and Kamp, Martin and H{\"o}fling, Sven and Wolters, Janik and Reitzenstein, Stephan and L{\"u}dge, Kathy},
  title     = {Mode-switching induced super-thermal bunching in quantum-dot microlasers},
  series = {New Journal of Physics},
  volume    = {18},
  journal   = {New Journal of Physics},
  number    = {063011},
  doi       = {10.1088/1367-2630/18/6/063011},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-166286},
  year      = {2016},
  abstract  = {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.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{SchlottmannSchickeKruegeretal.2019,
  author    = {Schlottmann, Elisabeth and Schicke, David and Kr{\"u}ger, Felix and Lingnau, Benjamin and Schneider, Christian and H{\"o}fling, Sven and L{\"u}dge, Kathy and Porte, Xavier and Reitzenstein, Stephan},
  title     = {Stochastic polarization switching induced by optical injection in bimodal quantum-dot micropillar lasers},
  series = {Optics Express},
  volume    = {27},
  journal   = {Optics Express},
  number    = {20},
  doi       = {10.1364/OE.27.028816},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-228603},
  pages     = {28816-28831},
  year      = {2019},
  abstract  = {Mutual coupling and injection locking of semiconductor lasers is of great interest in non-linear dynamics and its applications for instance in secure data communication and photonic reservoir computing. Despite its importance, it has hardly been studied in microlasers operating at mu W light levels. In this context, vertically emitting quantum dot micropillar lasers are of high interest. Usually, their light emission is bimodal, and the gain competition of the associated linearly polarized fundamental emission modes results in complex switching dynamics. We report on selective optical injection into either one of the two fundamental mode components of a bimodal micropillar laser. Both modes can lock to the master laser and influence the non-injected mode by reducing the available gain. We demonstrate that the switching dynamics can be tailored externally via optical injection in very good agreement with our theory based on semi-classical rate equations. (C) 2019 Optical Society of America under the terms of the OSA Open Access Publishing Agreement},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{KreinbergPorteSchickeetal.2019,
  author    = {Kreinberg, S{\"o}ren and Porte, Xavier and Schicke, David and Lingnau, Benjamin and Schneider, Christian and H{\"o}fling, Sven and Kanter, Ido and L{\"u}dge, Kathy and Reitzenstein, Stephan},
  title     = {Mutual coupling and synchronization of optically coupled quantum-dot micropillar lasers at ultra-low light levels},
  series = {Nature Communications},
  volume    = {10},
  journal   = {Nature Communications},
  doi       = {10.1038/s41467-019-09559-2},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-229811},
  year      = {2019},
  abstract  = {Synchronization of coupled oscillators at the transition between classical physics and quantum physics has become an emerging research topic at the crossroads of nonlinear dynamics and nanophotonics. We study this unexplored field by using quantum dot microlasers as optical oscillators. Operating in the regime of cavity quantum electrodynamics (cQED) with an intracavity photon number on the order of 10 and output powers in the 100 nW range, these devices have high β-factors associated with enhanced spontaneous emission noise. We identify synchronization of mutually coupled microlasers via frequency locking associated with a sub-gigahertz locking range. A theoretical analysis of the coupling behavior reveals striking differences from optical synchronization in the classical domain with negligible spontaneous emission noise. Beyond that, additional self-feedback leads to zero-lag synchronization of coupled microlasers at ultra-low light levels. Our work has high potential to pave the way for future experiments in the quantum regime of synchronization.},
  language  = {en}
}