title: Dark-state luminescence of macroatoms at the near field.
abstract: We theoretically analyze the optical near-field response of a semiconductor macroatom induced by local monolayer fluctuations in the thickness of a semiconductor quantum well, where the large active volume results in a strong enhancement of the light-matter coupling. We find that in the near-field regime bright and dark excitonic states become mixed, opening new channels for the coupling to the electromagnetic field. As a consequence, ultranarrow luminescence lines appear in the simulated two-photon experiments, corresponding to very long lived excitonic states, which undergo Stark shift and Rabi splitting at relatively small field intensities.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Physik, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Universitätsplatz 5, 8010 Graz, Austria. ulrich.hohenester@uni-graz.at
authors.forename: Ulrich
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Hohenester
authors.forename: Guido
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Goldoni
authors.forename: Elisa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Molinari