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Active feedback of a Fabry-Perot cavity to the emission of a singleInAs/GaAs quantum dot

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Author(s)

Michael Metcalfe, Andreas Muller, Glenn S. Solomon, John R. Lawall

Abstract

We present a detailed study of the use of Fabry-Perot (FP) cavities for the spectroscopy of single InAs quantum dots (QDs). We derive optimal cavity characteristics and resolution limits, and measure photoluminescence linewidths as low as 0.9 GHz. By embedding the QDs in a planar cavity, we obtain a sufficiently large signal to lock a FP cavity to the emission of a single QD with a stability below 2% of the QD linewidth. An integration time of approximately two seconds is found to yield an optimum compromise between shot noise and cavity length fluctuations.
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Journal of the Optical Society of America B-Optical Physics
Pub Type
Journals

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https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.26.002308
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Keywords

Quantum dot, Fabry-Perot, spectroscopy, feedback, PID
Physics and Optical physics and communications

Citation

Metcalfe, M. , Muller, A. , Solomon, G. and Lawall, J. (2009), Active feedback of a Fabry-Perot cavity to the emission of a singleInAs/GaAs quantum dot, Journal of the Optical Society of America B-Optical Physics, [online], https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.26.002308, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=903373 (Accessed October 13, 2025)

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Created December 31, 2009, Updated November 29, 2022
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