Polarization Multistability of Cavity Polaritons
Abstract
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.
- Publication:
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Physical Review Letters
- Pub Date:
- June 2007
- DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.236401
- arXiv:
- arXiv:cond-mat/0612686
- Bibcode:
- 2007PhRvL..98w6401G
- Keywords:
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- 71.36.+c;
- 42.55.Sa;
- 42.65.Pc;
- Polaritons;
- Microcavity and microdisk lasers;
- Optical bistability multistability and switching including local field effects;
- Condensed Matter - Other
- E-Print:
- 4 pages, 3 figures