Polarization multistability of cavity polaritons


Por: Gippius N.A., Shelykh I.A., Solnyshkov D.D., Gavrilov S.S., Rubo Y.G., Kavokin A.V., Tikhodeev S.G., Malpuech G.

Publicada: 1 ene 2007
Categoría: Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

Resumen:
New effects of polarization multistability and polarization hysteresis in a coherently driven polariton system in a semiconductor microcavity are predicted and theoretically analyzed. The multistability arises due to polarization-dependent polariton-polariton interactions and can be revealed in polarization resolved photoluminescence experiments. The pumping power required to observe this effect is 4 orders of magnitude lower than the characteristic pumping power in conventional bistable optical systems. © 2007 The American Physical Society.

Filiaciones:
Gippius N.A.:
 LASMEA, CNRS, Université Blaise Pascal, 24 av. des Landais, 63177 Aubière, France

 A. M. Prokhorov General Physics Institute, RAS, Russian Federation

Shelykh I.A.:
 ICCMP, Universidade de Brasilia, 70904-970 Brasilia DF, Brazil

Solnyshkov D.D.:
 LASMEA, CNRS, Université Blaise Pascal, 24 av. des Landais, 63177 Aubière, France

Gavrilov S.S.:
 LASMEA, CNRS, Université Blaise Pascal, 24 av. des Landais, 63177 Aubière, France

 Institute of Solid State Physics, RAS, Russian Federation

Rubo Y.G.:
 Centro de Investigación en Energía, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Temixco, Morelos 62580, Mexico

Kavokin A.V.:
 School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southampton, SO17 1BJ, Southampton, United Kingdom

 Physics Faculty, University of Rome II, 1, via della Ricerca Scientifica, 00133, Roma, Italy

Tikhodeev S.G.:
 A. M. Prokhorov General Physics Institute, RAS, Russian Federation

Malpuech G.:
 LASMEA, CNRS, Université Blaise Pascal, 24 av. des Landais, 63177 Aubière, France
ISSN: 00319007
Editorial
AMER PHYSICAL SOC, ONE PHYSICS ELLIPSE, COLLEGE PK, MD 20740-3844 USA, Estados Unidos America
Tipo de documento: Article
Volumen: 98 Número: 23
Páginas:
WOS Id: 000247107200035
ID de PubMed: 17677922
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