Far-from-equilibrium route to superthermal light in bimodal nanolasers
Few Photons in microcavity
This activity lies at the crossroad between nanophotonics, quantum optics and nonlinear dynamics. It seeks to exploit large optical nonlinearities in III/V semiconductors, together with sub-micrometer dimensions (e.g. in photonic crystal cavities) and controlled radiation modes to reach nonlinear dynamical transitions – i.e. bifurcations—with a low photon number.
Our recent demonstrations of spontaneous symmetry breaking (SSB) with only ~150 intracavity photons and the far-from-equilibrium route for superthermal light in two coupled nanolasers are examples of the richness of this rapidly growing field of research. We pursue two main avenues:
Permanent staff
Alejandro GIACOMOTTI (CR CNRS - PI)
email : alejandro.giacomotti@c2n.upsaclay.fr
Tel : +33 (0)1 70 27 04 58
Ariel LEVENSON (DR CNRS)
