Sub-Poissonian Photon-State Generation by Stark-Effect Blockade of Emissions in a Semiconductor Diode Driven by a Constant-Voltage Source
- 29 April 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 76 (18) , 3432-3435
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.76.3432
Abstract
It is predicted that sub-Poissonian photons can be generated without recourse to pump control in a tailor-made semiconductor diode. Monte Carlo simulations reveal that both photon noise and pump noise are drastically suppressed by automodulation of bimolecule-recombination lifetime due to the quantum-confined Stark effect and recharging effects. The noise of photon fluxes is reduced to below the standard quantum limit even under constant-voltage operation.Keywords
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