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Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 3478 - 3481 (2000)

Theory of Resonant Rayleigh Scattering from Semiconductor Microcavities: Signatures of Disorder

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Andrei V. Shchegrov
Rochester Theory Center for Optical Science and Engineering and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627-0171

Jacqueline Bloch *, Dan Birkedal †, and Jagdeep Shah
Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, 101 Crawfords Corner Road, Holmdel, New Jersey 07733

Received 5 November 1999

We develop a self-consistent, microscopic theory of coherent resonant secondary emission from semiconductor microcavities in the normal-mode-coupling regime. Our theory provides a quantitative description of the spectral, temporal, and angular properties of the disorder-induced emission component—resonant Rayleigh scattering—and offers an intuitive physical explanation of emission properties.


©2000 The American Physical Society

URL: http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v84/p3478
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.3478
PACS: 78.66.-w, 73.20.Dx, 78.35.+c, 78.47.+p

* Present address: Laboratoire de Microstructures et Micróelectronique, CNRS, France.
† Present address: Research Center COM, Technical University of Denmark.

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