Imaging the polariton relaxation bottleneck in strongly coupled organic semiconductor microcavities
Imaging the polariton relaxation bottleneck in strongly coupled organic semiconductor microcavities
We use angular-resolved photoluminescence excitation spectroscopy to probe energy relaxation towards the lowest lying states (k∥=0) on the lower polariton branch (LPB) of two different strong-coupled J-aggregate organic semiconductor microcavities. We find that states along the upper polariton branch (UPB) are able to undergo efficient relaxation to populate states around k∥=0 on the LPB; a process that occurs through the rapid relaxation of UPB polaritons to the exciton reservoir. In contrast, LPB states having a photon fraction >0.5 are not apparently able to undergo further relaxation towards k∥=0, constituting an effective relaxation bottleneck.
Coles, David M.
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Grant, Richard T.
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Lidzey, David G.
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Clark, Caspar
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Lagoudakis, Pavlos G.
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30 September 2013
Coles, David M.
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Grant, Richard T.
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Lidzey, David G.
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Clark, Caspar
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Lagoudakis, Pavlos G.
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Coles, David M., Grant, Richard T., Lidzey, David G., Clark, Caspar and Lagoudakis, Pavlos G.
(2013)
Imaging the polariton relaxation bottleneck in strongly coupled organic semiconductor microcavities.
Physical Review B, 88 (12), [121303(R)].
(doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.88.121303).
Abstract
We use angular-resolved photoluminescence excitation spectroscopy to probe energy relaxation towards the lowest lying states (k∥=0) on the lower polariton branch (LPB) of two different strong-coupled J-aggregate organic semiconductor microcavities. We find that states along the upper polariton branch (UPB) are able to undergo efficient relaxation to populate states around k∥=0 on the LPB; a process that occurs through the rapid relaxation of UPB polaritons to the exciton reservoir. In contrast, LPB states having a photon fraction >0.5 are not apparently able to undergo further relaxation towards k∥=0, constituting an effective relaxation bottleneck.
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Published date: 30 September 2013
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