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Angular-asymmetric nonlinear polariton dynamics in semiconductor microcavities

Angular-asymmetric nonlinear polariton dynamics in semiconductor microcavities
Angular-asymmetric nonlinear polariton dynamics in semiconductor microcavities
Parametric interactions in semiconductor heterostructures in which two exciton quasiparticles mutually scatter are typically weak because they are restricted by energy-momentum conservation. Here, semiconductor microcavities in the strong coupling regime are optically pumped at specific resonant energy and angle of incidence to enormously enhance the parametric interactions. A femtosecond goniometer is devised to allow time-, wavelength- and polarisation-resolved pump-probe spectroscopy. Time-resolved images of the microcavity emission at different angles reveal a highly asymmetric luminescence distribution which switches on as the pump power is increased. Both signal and idler beams can be identified when a probe purse initiates stimulated scattering of polaritons from a reservoir. The images show the rich variety of interactions produced by the coupling of light-matter modes, and the future promise of dispersion engineering.
scattering, regime, transition, system
0370-1972
77-83
Savvidis, P.G.
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Baumberg, J.J.
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Stevenson, R.M.
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Skolnick, M.S.
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Roberts, J.S.
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Savvidis, P.G., Baumberg, J.J., Stevenson, R.M., Skolnick, M.S., Roberts, J.S. and Whittaker, D.M. (2000) Angular-asymmetric nonlinear polariton dynamics in semiconductor microcavities. Physica Status Solidi (b), 221 (1), 77-83. (doi:10.1002/1521-3951(200009)221:1<77::AID-PSSB77>3.0.CO;2-L).

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Parametric interactions in semiconductor heterostructures in which two exciton quasiparticles mutually scatter are typically weak because they are restricted by energy-momentum conservation. Here, semiconductor microcavities in the strong coupling regime are optically pumped at specific resonant energy and angle of incidence to enormously enhance the parametric interactions. A femtosecond goniometer is devised to allow time-, wavelength- and polarisation-resolved pump-probe spectroscopy. Time-resolved images of the microcavity emission at different angles reveal a highly asymmetric luminescence distribution which switches on as the pump power is increased. Both signal and idler beams can be identified when a probe purse initiates stimulated scattering of polaritons from a reservoir. The images show the rich variety of interactions produced by the coupling of light-matter modes, and the future promise of dispersion engineering.

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Published date: 2000
Keywords: scattering, regime, transition, system

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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/14661
ISSN: 0370-1972
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Date deposited: 24 Feb 2005
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Author: P.G. Savvidis
Author: J.J. Baumberg
Author: R.M. Stevenson
Author: M.S. Skolnick
Author: J.S. Roberts
Author: D.M. Whittaker

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