The recent development of techniques to produce optical semiconductor cavities of very
high quality has prepared the stage for observing cavity quantum-electrodynamic effects in …

Periodic nanostructures in photonics facilitate a far-reaching control of light propagation and
light–matter interaction. This article reviews the current status of this subject, including both …

Since the advent of quantum mechanics and the clear demonstration of the existence
of'matter waves', physicists have never failed to take advantage of concepts and theoretical …

We demonstrate that very few (2–4) quantum dots as a gain medium are sufficient to realize
a photonic-crystal laser based on a high-quality nanocavity. Photon correlation …

The integrated absorption of an excitonic resonance is a measure of a semiconductor's
coupling to an optical field. The concept of an exciton–polariton expresses the non …

We demonstrate room temperature continuous-wave laser operation at 1.3 μm in a photonic
crystal nanocavity with InAs/GaAs self-assembled quantum dots by optical pumping. By …

Recent theoretical and experimental progress on nanolasers is reviewed with a focus on the
emission properties of devices operating with a few or even an individual semiconductor …

In this contribution, the recent development of cavity-quantum electrodynamics experiments
in all semiconductor microcavities using self-assembled quantum dots as ''artificial atoms''is …

We demonstrate a photonic crystal nanocavity laser essentially driven by a self-assembled
InAs/GaAs single quantum dot gain. The investigated nanocavities contain only 0.4 quantum …

Diatom frustules represent one of the most complex examples of micro-and nano-structured
materials found in nature, being the result of a biomineralization process refined through …