One-dimensional microcavity-based optical parametric oscillator: generation of balanced twin beams in strong and weak coupling regime

Marco Abbarchi (1) , Vincenzo Ardizzone (1) , Thimotée Lecomte (1) , Aristide Lemaitre (2) , Isabelle Sagnes (2) , Pascale Senellart (2) , Jacqueline Bloch (2) , Philippe Roussignol (1) , Jérôme Tignon (1)

1 LPA - Laboratoire Pierre Aigrain
2 LPN - Laboratoire de photonique et de nanostructures

We report on a detailed experimental investigation of interbranch parametric scattering processes in onedimensional semiconductor microcavities. Band dispersion and corresponding far field emission patterns are studied by polarization resolved and power dependence measurements under resonant and non-resonant excitation at normal incidence. We demonstrate the realization of optical parametric oscillation of balanced twin beams which are degenerate in energy and split in momentum space. This achievement is shown for both the strong and the weak coupling regime highlighting the versatility of this peculiar microcavity system.

Domaines: Autre [cond-mat.other]

Marco Abbarchi, Vincenzo Ardizzone, Thimotée Lecomte, Aristide Lemaitre, Isabelle Sagnes, et al.. One-dimensional microcavity-based optical parametric oscillator: generation of balanced twin beams in strong and weak coupling regime. Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics (1998-2015), 2011, 83 (20), pp.201310 (R). ⟨10.1103/PhysRevB.83.201310⟩. ⟨hal-00630093⟩