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    Coherent versus incoherent light scattering from a quantum dot

    K. Konthasinghe1, J. Walker1, M. Peiris1, C. K. Shih2, Y. Yu3, M. F. Li3, J. F. He3, L. J. Wang3, H. Q. Ni3 et al.

    Z. C. Niu3 and A. Muller1,*

    • 1Department of Physics, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 33620, USA
    • 2University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
    • 3Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, P.R. China
    • *Corresponding author: mullera@usf.edu

    Phys. Rev. B 85, 235315 – Published 19 June, 2012

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.85.235315

    Abstract

    We analyze the light scattered by a single InAs quantum dot interacting with a resonant continuous-wave laser. High-resolution spectra reveal clear distinctions between coherent and incoherent scattering, with the laser intensity spanning more than four orders of magnitude. We find that the fraction of coherently scattered photons can approach unity under sufficiently weak or detuned excitation, ruling out pure dephasing as a relevant decoherence mechanism. We show how spectral diffusion shapes spectra, correlation functions, and phase coherence, concealing the ideal radiatively broadened two-level system described by Mollow.

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