Light Scattering from Solid-State Quantum Emitters: Beyond the Atomic Picture
Abstract
Coherent scattering of light by a single quantum emitter is a fundamental process at the heart of many proposed quantum technologies. Unlike atomic systems, solid-state emitters couple to their host lattice by phonons. Using a quantum dot in an optical nanocavity, we resolve these interactions in both time and frequency domains, going beyond the atomic picture to develop a comprehensive model of light scattering from solid-state emitters. We find that even in the presence of a cavity, phonon coupling leads to a sideband that is completely insensitive to excitation conditions, and to a non-monotonic relationship between laser detuning and coherent fraction, both major deviations from atom-like behaviour.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1904.05284,
title = {Light Scattering from Solid-State Quantum Emitters: Beyond the Atomic Picture},
author = {Alistair J. Brash and Jake Iles-Smith and Catherine L. Phillips and Dara P. S. McCutcheon and John O'Hara and Edmund Clarke and Benjamin Royall and Jesper Mørk and Maurice S. Skolnick and A. Mark Fox and Ahsan Nazir},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1904.05284},
year = {2020}
}
Comments
Main manuscript (inc. references) 7 pages and 3 figures followed by supplemental material with 10 pages and 2 figures