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NATURE PHYSICS
卷 8, 期 3, 页码 219-224出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/NPHYS2207
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- National Science Foundation [DMR-1006663, ECS-0547019, DMR-0084173]
- State of Florida
- Division Of Materials Research
- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien [1006663] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
Superradiance-the cooperative decay of excited dipoles-has recently been discussed in a diverse range of contexts in which coherent coupling of constituent particles governs their cooperative dynamics: cavity quantum electrodynamics, quantum phase transitions and plasmonics. Here we observe intense, delayed bursts of coherent radiation from a photo-excited semiconductor and interpret it as superfluorescence, where macroscopic coherence spontaneously appears from initially incoherent electron-hole pairs. The coherence then decays superradiantly, with a concomitant abrupt decrease in population from full inversion to zero. This is the first observation of superfluorescence in a dense semiconductor plasma, where decoherence is much faster than radiative decay, a situation never encountered in atomic cases. Nonetheless, a many-body cooperative state of phased electron-hole 'dipoles' does emerge at high magnetic fields and low temperatures, producing giant superfluorescent pulses. The solid-state realization of superfluorescence resulted in unprecedented controllability, promising tunable sources of coherent pulses.
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