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Optical pumping of quantum dot micropillar lasers

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Arrays of quantum dot micropillar lasers are an attractive technology platform for various applications in the wider field of nanophotonics. Of particular interest is the potential efficiency enhancement as a consequence of cavity quantum electrodynamics effects, which makes them prime candidates for next generation photonic neurons in neural network hardware. However, particularly for optical pumping, their power-conversion efficiency can be very low. Here we perform an in-depth experimental analysis of quantum dot microlasers and investigate their input-output relationship over a wide range of optical pumping conditions. We find that the current energy efficiency limitation is caused by disadvantageous optical pumping concepts and by a low exciton conversion efficiency. Our results indicate that for non-resonant pumping into the GaAs matrix (wetting layer), 3.4% (0.6%) of the optical pump is converted into lasing-relevant excitons, and of those only 2% (0.75%) provide gain to the lasing transition. Based on our findings, we propose to improve the pumping efficiency by orders of magnitude by increasing the aluminium content of the AlGaAs/GaAs mirror pairs in the upper Bragg reflector.

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hal-03360042 , version 1 (30-09-2021)

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Louis Andreoli, Xavier Porte, Jan Grosse, Baptiste Moeglen-Paget, Luca Furfaro, et al.. Optical pumping of quantum dot micropillar lasers. Optics Express, 2021, 29 (6), pp.9084-9097. ⟨10.1364/OE.417063⟩. ⟨hal-03360042⟩
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