AIP conference proceedings
Dephasing of strong coupling in the non-linear regime
Alejandro González-Tudela, Elena del Valle, E. Cancellieri, C. Tejedor, D. Sanvitto, Fabrice P. Laussy, Jisoon Ihm, Hyeonsik Cheong
Abstract
We study the effect of pure dephasing on the strong‐coupling of a two‐level system (typically, a quantum dot) with the single mode of a microcavity. Whereas dephasing merely broadens the line in the linear regime, it results in a new spectral shape when transitions between higher manifolds of the Jaynes‐Cummings ladder are involved, namely, a triplet, that we show does not imply weak‐coupling. Higher excitation brings the system into lasing. Description of this intermediate triplet allows to demonstrate quantum nonlinearities even in noisy systems and to measure the magnitude of dephasing.