Far-from-equilibrium route to superthermal light in bimodal nanolasers
Dynamique nonlinéaire à peu de photons dans les nanocavités
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:
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Alejandro GIACOMOTTI (CR CNRS - PI)
email : alejandro.giacomotti@c2n.upsaclay.fr
Tel : +33 (0)1 70 27 04 58
Ariel LEVENSON (DR CNRS)
