Quantum Optics Journal Club

Evidence of non-trivial photon–matter interaction has been observed in a 2-dimensional, spin-polarized, electronically excited ensemble of quantum dots. In particular, intense spikes in the relative frequency of |2⟩ photon events have been reproduced with a range of shapes of incident electronic current pulses where no analogous behavior in |1⟩ photon events has been observed. We hypothesize that superradiance may be responsible for the unique behavior and investigate this possibility by implementing a Monte Carlo Wave Function approach to simulate the dynamics of the system under a simple model Hamiltonian. Additionally, we use a simple theoretical model to predict whether superradiance is possible in the system in the first place.