Electron-hole asymmetry and two-state lasing in quantum dot lasers

We study two-state quantum dot lasing and show that the asymmetry in the thermal population redistribution breaks the symmetric dynamical evolution of the electron-hole pairs. This fully explains the transition from two-state to single-state lasing observed experimentally.

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