Resonant Excitation of a Quantum Dot Strongly Coupled to a Photonic Crystal Nanocavity

We describe the resonant excitation of a single quantum dot that is strongly coupled to a photonic crystal nanocavity. The cavity represents a spectral window for resonantly probing the optical transitions of the quantum dot. We observe narrow absorption lines attributed to the single and biexcition quantum dot transitions and measure antibunched population of the detuned cavity mode [g^(2)(0)=0.19]