Decay rate and renormalized frequency shift of a quantum wire Wannier exciton in a planar microcavity

Abstract

The superradiant decay rate and frequency shift of a Wannier exciton in a one-dimensional quantum wire are studied. It is shown that the dark mode exciton can be examined experimentally when the quantum wire is embedded in a planar microcavity. It is also found that the decay rate is greatly enhanced as the cavity length $L_c$ is equal to the multiple wavelength of the emitted photon. Similar to its decay rate counterpart, the frequency shift also shows discontinuities at resonant modes.

12 pages, 2 figures. To appear in P. R. B. September 2001