Quantum dot — Microlasers with external feedback — A chaotic system close to the quantum limit

We demonstrate that chaos can be observed in quantum-dot microlaser. By coupling photons back into the microcavity, a strong change in the photon statistics of the emitted light is observed, being indicative of random-intensity fluctuations.

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