Observation of cavity effect on spontaneous emission lifetime in AlGaAs quantum microcavities using continuous tuning of emission wavelength

Cavity effect on spontaneous emission lifetime has been observed through the continuous tuning of the emission wavelength by quantum confined Stark effect in AlGaAs Fabry–Perot microcavities. The obtained emission wavelength dependence of the exciton lifetime shows that the lifetime increases with the emission wavelength, specifically indicating a sharp increase at the cavity resonant wavelength. This behavior agrees well with the theoretical prediction based on the theoretical model of G. Björk, S. Machida, Y. Yamamoto, and K. Igeta [Phys. Rev. A 44, 669 (1991)]. Furthermore, we have also investigated the emission wavelength dependence of the transfer efficiency and obtained good agreement with the theory.