Publication Date:
2018-06-20
Description:
Author(s): Elisabeth Schlottmann, Martin von Helversen, Heinrich A. M. Leymann, Thomas Lettau, Felix Krüger, Marco Schmidt, Christian Schneider, Martin Kamp, Sven Höfling, Jörn Beyer, Jan Wiersig, and Stephan Reitzenstein Transition edge sensors (TESs) are remarkable detectors that resolve the number of photons in an ultraweak optical pulse, allowing the determination of the full photon statistics, which is not possible using standard commercial detectors. In demonstrating the potential of these TESs for nanophotonics, the authors uncover subtle differences in the optical properties of two bimodal quantum-dot micropillar lasers with nominally similar characteristics, yet different photon-number distributions, whether in standard single-mode lasing or polarization-mode switching. [Phys. Rev. Applied 9, 064030] Published Tue Jun 19, 2018
Electronic ISSN:
2331-7019
Topics:
Physics
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