Exciton mediated self-organization in glass driven by ultrashort light pulses
Exciton mediated self-organization in glass driven by ultrashort light pulses
We propose an exciton-polariton-mediated self-organization effect in transparent SiO2 glass under intense femtosecond light irradiation. Interference and dipole-dipole interaction of polaritons causes formation of gratings of dielectric polarization. Due to an ultrafast exciton self-localization into a quasicrystal structure, the polariton gratings remain frozen in glass and a permanent three-dimensional image of exciton-polariton gas is created. We show that coherent effects in propagation of exciton-polaritons can serve as a tool for nanostructuring and fabrication of 5-dimensional optical memories in glass, opening new horizons for polaritronics.
Beresna, Martynas
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Gecevičius, Mindaugas
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Kazansky, Peter G.
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Taylor, Thomas
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Kavokin, Alexey V.
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2012
Beresna, Martynas
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Gecevičius, Mindaugas
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Kazansky, Peter G.
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Taylor, Thomas
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Kavokin, Alexey V.
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Beresna, Martynas, Gecevičius, Mindaugas, Kazansky, Peter G., Taylor, Thomas and Kavokin, Alexey V.
(2012)
Exciton mediated self-organization in glass driven by ultrashort light pulses.
Applied Physics Letters, 101 (5), [053120].
(doi:10.1063/1.4742899).
Abstract
We propose an exciton-polariton-mediated self-organization effect in transparent SiO2 glass under intense femtosecond light irradiation. Interference and dipole-dipole interaction of polaritons causes formation of gratings of dielectric polarization. Due to an ultrafast exciton self-localization into a quasicrystal structure, the polariton gratings remain frozen in glass and a permanent three-dimensional image of exciton-polariton gas is created. We show that coherent effects in propagation of exciton-polaritons can serve as a tool for nanostructuring and fabrication of 5-dimensional optical memories in glass, opening new horizons for polaritronics.
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Published date: 2012
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/350050
ISSN: 0003-6951
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Mindaugas Gecevičius
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Peter G. Kazansky
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Thomas Taylor
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Alexey V. Kavokin
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