Carrier dynamics in intermediate states of InAs/GaAs quantum dots embedded in photonic cavity structure

We have studied time-resolved intraband transition from the intermediate state to the continuum state of the conduction band in InAs/GaAs self-assembled quantum dots (QDs) embedded in a one-dimensional photonic cavity structure using a two-color photoexcitation spectroscopy. The photonic gap was tuned to enhance the excitation from the intermediate state to the conduction band, whose energy is selected to be less than the interband transition energy between the intermediate state and the quantized hole state. The photoluminescence intensity was observed to be dramatically reduced by selectively pumping carriers in the intermediate state. This effect has been analyzed by modeling detailed carrier relaxation process.