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Weak lasing in one-dimensional polariton superlattices

Weak lasing in one-dimensional polariton superlattices
Weak lasing in one-dimensional polariton superlattices
Bosons with finite lifetime exhibit condensation and lasing when their influx exceeds the lasing threshold determined by the dissipative losses. In general, different one-particle states decay differently, and the bosons are usually assumed to condense in the state with the longest lifetime. Interaction between the bosons partially neglected by such an assumption can smear the lasing threshold into a threshold domain—a stable lasing many-body state exists within certain intervals of the bosonic influxes. This recently described weak lasing regime is formed by the spontaneously symmetry breaking and phase-locking self-organization of bosonic modes, which results in an essentially many-body state with a stable balance between gains and losses. Here we report, to our knowledge, the first observation of the weak lasing phase in a one-dimensional condensate of exciton–polaritons subject to a periodic potential. Real and reciprocal space photoluminescence images demonstrate that the spatial period of the condensate is twice as large as the period of the underlying periodic potential. These experiments are realized at room temperature in a ZnO microwire deposited on a silicon grating. The period doubling takes place at a critical pumping power, whereas at a lower power polariton emission images have the same periodicity as the grating.
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Zhang, Long
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Poddubny, Alexander
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Lu, Jian
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Altshuler, Boris L.
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Kavokin, Alexey V.
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Zhang, Long, Xie, Wei, Wang, Jian, Poddubny, Alexander, Lu, Jian, Wang, Yinglei, Gu, Jie, Liu, Wenhui, Xu, Dan, Shen, Xuechu, Rubo, Yuri G., Altshuler, Boris L., Kavokin, Alexey V. and Chen, Zhanghai (2015) Weak lasing in one-dimensional polariton superlattices. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112 (13), E1516-E1519. (doi:10.1073/pnas.1502666112).

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Abstract

Bosons with finite lifetime exhibit condensation and lasing when their influx exceeds the lasing threshold determined by the dissipative losses. In general, different one-particle states decay differently, and the bosons are usually assumed to condense in the state with the longest lifetime. Interaction between the bosons partially neglected by such an assumption can smear the lasing threshold into a threshold domain—a stable lasing many-body state exists within certain intervals of the bosonic influxes. This recently described weak lasing regime is formed by the spontaneously symmetry breaking and phase-locking self-organization of bosonic modes, which results in an essentially many-body state with a stable balance between gains and losses. Here we report, to our knowledge, the first observation of the weak lasing phase in a one-dimensional condensate of exciton–polaritons subject to a periodic potential. Real and reciprocal space photoluminescence images demonstrate that the spatial period of the condensate is twice as large as the period of the underlying periodic potential. These experiments are realized at room temperature in a ZnO microwire deposited on a silicon grating. The period doubling takes place at a critical pumping power, whereas at a lower power polariton emission images have the same periodicity as the grating.

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Accepted/In Press date: 11 February 2015
e-pub ahead of print date: 18 March 2015
Published date: 31 March 2015
Organisations: Quantum, Light & Matter Group

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Local EPrints ID: 401415
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/401415
ISSN: 0027-8424
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Author: Long Zhang
Author: Wei Xie
Author: Jian Wang
Author: Alexander Poddubny
Author: Jian Lu
Author: Yinglei Wang
Author: Jie Gu
Author: Wenhui Liu
Author: Dan Xu
Author: Xuechu Shen
Author: Yuri G. Rubo
Author: Boris L. Altshuler
Author: Zhanghai Chen

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