Abstract:
The work presented in this thesis evaluates the influence of phonon interaction on the solid-state quantum dots embedded inside microcavities. In the first chapter, we have introduced the basics of Cavity quantum electrodynamics (CQED). Quantum dots and microcavities are discussed in this chapter. Then polaron master equation is derived to study the influence of phonon interaction. Basics of quantum entanglement and its measures are also discussed in this chapter. In the second chapter, the effect of exciton-phonon coupling on two-photon lasing in a single quantum dot embedded inside a photonic crystal cavity is discussed. Both incoherent and coherent pumping for achieving two-photon lasing is analyzed. The Wigner function is plotted to observe the squeezing in the cavity field. In the case of
two-photon lasing, we do not find squeezing in the cavity field. However, we discuss the method of four-wave mixing for generating a continuous source of squeezed state using single QD.
In the third chapter, we have proposed the large phonon-assisted two-mode twophoton interaction in the system of two off -resonantly coupled QDs inside a bimodal photonic crystal cavity. We have observed that the cavity induced two-mode twophoton resonances, which appear for g1 6= g2, is eliminated in the presence of exciton phonon interactions and the phonon-assisted two-mode two-photon resonances occur at 1 = 2. It is observed that these interactions are more pronounced for positive detunings. In the fourth chapter, we have calculated the time-dependent concurrence for the two-photon NOON state and polariztion-entangled state using a single biexcitonic
quantum dot. In the last chapter, we have proposed an efficient two-photon source which uses an ultrashort Gaussian pulse for its operation.
