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Chen X, Alnatah H, Mao D, Xu M, Fan Y, Wan Q, Beaumariage J, Xie W, Xu H, Shi ZY, Snoke D, Sun Z, Wu J. Bose Condensation of Upper-Branch Exciton-Polaritons in a Transferable Microcavity. NANO LETTERS 2023; 23:9538-9546. [PMID: 37818838 PMCID: PMC10603810 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c03123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2023] [Revised: 10/05/2023] [Indexed: 10/13/2023]
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Exciton-polaritons are composite quasiparticles that result from the coupling of excitonic transitions and optical modes. They have been extensively studied because of their quantum phenomena and potential applications in unconventional coherent light sources and all-optical control elements. In this work, we report the observation of Bose-Einstein condensation of the upper polariton branch in a transferable WS2 monolayer microcavity. Near the condensation threshold, we observe a nonlinear increase in upper polariton intensity accompanied by a decrease in line width and an increase in temporal coherence, all of which are hallmarks of Bose-Einstein condensation. Simulations show that this condensation occurs within a specific particle density range, depending on the excitonic properties and pumping conditions. The manifestation of upper polariton condensation unlocks new possibilities for studying the condensate competition while linking it to practical realizations in polaritonic lasers. Our findings contribute to the understanding of bosonic systems and offer potential for the development of polaritonic devices.
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- Xingzhou Chen
- State
Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
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- Department
of Physics and Astronomy, University of
Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, United States
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Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
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Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
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Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
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- Department
of Physics and Astronomy, University of
Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, United States
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- Department
of Physics and Astronomy, University of
Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, United States
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Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
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Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
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Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
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- Department
of Physics and Astronomy, University of
Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, United States
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- State
Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
- Collaborative
Innovation Center of Extreme Optics, Shanxi
University, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030006, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
- Collaborative
Innovation Center of Extreme Optics, Shanxi
University, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030006, China
- Chongqing
Key Laboratory of Precision Optics, Chongqing
Institute of East China Normal University, Chongqing 401121, China
- CAS
Center for Excellence in Ultra-intense Laser Science, Shanghai 201800, China
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Kottilil D, Gupta M, Lu S, Babusenan A, Ji W. Triple Threshold Transitions and Strong Polariton Interaction in 2D Layered Metal-Organic Framework Microplates. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2023; 35:e2209094. [PMID: 36623260 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202209094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2022] [Revised: 11/23/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Room-temperature interaction between light-matter hybrid particles such as exciton-polaritons under extremely low-pump plays a crucial role in future coherent quantum light sources. However, the practical and scalable realization of coherent quantum light sources operating under low-pump remains a challenge because of the insufficient polariton interaction strength. Here, at room temperature, a very large polariton interaction strength is demonstrated, g ≈ 128 ± 21 µeV µm2 realized in a 2D nanolayered metal-organic framework (MOF). As a result, a polariton lasing at an extremely low pump fluence of P1 ≈ 0.01 ± 0.0015 µJ cm-2 (first threshold) is observed. Interestingly, as pump fluence increases to P2 ≈ 0.031 ± 0.003 µJ cm-2 (second threshold), a spontaneous transition to a polariton breakdown region occurs, which has not been reported before. Finally, an ordinary photon lasing occurs at P3 ≈ 0.11 ± 0.077 µJ cm-2 (third threshold), or above. These experiments and the theoretical model reveal new insights into the transition mechanisms characterized by three distinct optical regions. This work introduces MOF as a new type of quantum material, with naturally formed polariton cavities, that is a cost-effective and scalable solution to build microscale coherent quantum light sources and polaritonic devices.
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- Dileep Kottilil
- Department of Physics, National University of Singapore, 3, Science Drive 3, Singapore, 117542, Singapore
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- Department of Physics, National University of Singapore, 3, Science Drive 3, Singapore, 117542, Singapore
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- SZU-NUS Collaborative Innovation Centre for Optoelectronic Science and Technology, International Collaborative Laboratory of 2D Materials for Optoelectronic Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Microscale Optoelectronics, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518060, P. R. China
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- Department of Physics, National University of Singapore, 3, Science Drive 3, Singapore, 117542, Singapore
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- Department of Physics, National University of Singapore, 3, Science Drive 3, Singapore, 117542, Singapore
- SZU-NUS Collaborative Innovation Centre for Optoelectronic Science and Technology, International Collaborative Laboratory of 2D Materials for Optoelectronic Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Microscale Optoelectronics, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518060, P. R. China
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Room Temperature Exciton-Polariton Bose-Einstein Condensation in Organic Single-crystal Microribbon Cavities. Chem Res Chin Univ 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s40242-021-1304-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Chen F, Li H, Zhou H, Ye Z, Luo S, Sun Z, Sun F, Wang J, Xu H, Xu H, Chen Z, Wu J. Ultrafast dynamics of exciton-polariton in optically tailored potential landscapes at room temperature. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2021; 34:024001. [PMID: 34614483 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/ac2d5e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2021] [Accepted: 10/06/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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In this work, by using femtosecond angle-resolved spectroscopic imaging technique, the ultrafast dynamics of confined exciton-polaritons in an optical induced potential well based on a ZnO whispering-gallery microcavity is explicitly visualized. The sub-picosecond transition between succeeding quantum harmonic oscillator states can be experimentally distinguished. The landscape of the potential well can be modified by the pump power, the spatial distance and the time delay of the two input laser pulses. Clarifying the underlying mechanism of the polariton harmonic oscillator is interesting for the applications of polariton-based optoelectronic devices and quantum information processing.
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- Fei Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Physics, College of Physical Science and Technology, Xiamen University, 361005 Xiamen, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Physics, College of Physical Science and Technology, Xiamen University, 361005 Xiamen, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Physics, College of Physical Science and Technology, Xiamen University, 361005 Xiamen, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, People's Republic of China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Extreme Optics, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030006, People's Republic of China
- CAS Center for Excellence in Ultra-intense Laser Science, Shanghai 201800, People's Republic of China
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Poshakinskiy AV, Poddubny AN. Dimerization of Many-Body Subradiant States in Waveguide Quantum Electrodynamics. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2021; 127:173601. [PMID: 34739259 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.127.173601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2021] [Revised: 08/26/2021] [Accepted: 09/21/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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We theoretically study subradiant states in an array of atoms coupled to photons propagating in a one-dimensional waveguide focusing on the strongly interacting many-body regime with large excitation fill factor f. We introduce a generalized many-body entropy of entanglement based on exact numerical diagonalization followed by a high-order singular value decomposition. This approach has allowed us to visualize and understand the structure of a many-body quantum state. We reveal the breakdown of fermionized subradiant states with increase of f with the emergence of short-ranged dimerized antiferromagnetic correlations at the critical point f=1/2 and the complete disappearance of subradiant states at f>1/2.
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Su R, Fieramosca A, Zhang Q, Nguyen HS, Deleporte E, Chen Z, Sanvitto D, Liew TCH, Xiong Q. Perovskite semiconductors for room-temperature exciton-polaritonics. NATURE MATERIALS 2021; 20:1315-1324. [PMID: 34211156 DOI: 10.1038/s41563-021-01035-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2020] [Accepted: 05/07/2021] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Lead-halide perovskites are generally excellent light emitters and can have larger exciton binding energies than thermal energy at room temperature, exhibiting great promise for room-temperature exciton-polaritonics. Rapid progress has been made recently, although challenges and mysteries remain in lead-halide perovskite semiconductors to push polaritons to room-temperature operation. In this Perspective, we discuss fundamental aspects of perovskite semiconductors for exciton-polaritons and review the recent rapid experimental advances using lead-halide perovskites for room-temperature polaritonics, including the experimental realization of strong light-matter interaction using various types of microcavities as well as reaching the polariton condensation regime in planar microcavities and lattices.
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- Rui Su
- Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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- Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Institut des Nanotechnologies de Lyon, Université de Lyon, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Ecole Centrale de Lyon, Ecully, France
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- LuMIn, Université Paris-Saclay, Ecole Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay, CentraleSupélec, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Department of Physics, College of Physical Science and Technology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, P. R. China
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- CNR NANOTEC, Institute of Nanotechnology, Campus Ecotekne, Lecce, Italy.
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- Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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- State Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Quantum Physics and Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, P. R. China.
- Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China.
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Tang J, Zhang J, Lv Y, Wang H, Xu FF, Zhang C, Sun L, Yao J, Zhao YS. Room temperature exciton-polariton Bose-Einstein condensation in organic single-crystal microribbon cavities. Nat Commun 2021; 12:3265. [PMID: 34075038 PMCID: PMC8169864 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-23524-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2020] [Accepted: 04/29/2021] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Exciton–polariton Bose–Einstein condensation (EP BEC) is of crucial importance for the development of coherent light sources and optical logic elements, as it creates a new state of matter with coherent nature and nonlinear behaviors. The demand for room temperature EP BEC has driven the development of organic polaritons because of the large binding energies of Frenkel excitons in organic materials. However, the reliance on external high-finesse microcavities for organic EP BEC results in poor compactness and integrability of devices, which restricts their practical applications in on-chip integration. Here, we demonstrate room temperature EP BEC in organic single-crystal microribbon natural cavities. The regularly shaped microribbons serve as waveguide Fabry–Pérot microcavities, in which efficient strong coupling between Frenkel excitons and photons leads to the generation of EPs at room temperature. The large exciton–photon coupling strength due to high exciton densities facilitates the achievement of EP BEC. Taking advantages of interactions in EP condensates and dimension confinement effects, we demonstrate the realization of controllable output of coherent light from the microribbons. We hope that the results will provide a useful enlightenment for using organic single crystals to construct miniaturized polaritonic devices. The use of room temperature exciton–polariton Bose–Einstein condensation is limited by the need for external high-finesse microcavities. The authors generate room temperature EPs with single-crystal microribbons as waveguide Fabry–Pérot microcavities, and demonstrate controllable output of coherent light.
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- Ji Tang
- Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Infrared Physics, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Infrared Physics, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. .,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
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Jie Q, Zhang K, Lai CW, Hsu FK, Zhang W, Luo S, Lee YS, Lin SD, Chen Z, Xie W. Room-Temperature Macroscopic Coherence of Two Electron-Hole Plasmas in a Microcavity. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2020; 124:157402. [PMID: 32357015 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.124.157402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2019] [Revised: 08/06/2019] [Accepted: 03/19/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Macroscopic coherence of Bose condensates is a fundamental and practical phenomenon in many-body systems, such as the long-range correlation of exciton-polariton condensates with a dipole density typically below the exciton Mott-transition limit. Here we extend the macroscopic coherence of electron-hole-photon interacting systems to a new region in the phase diagram-the high-density plasma region, where long-range correlation is generally assumed to be broken due to the rapid dephasing. Nonetheless, a cooperative state of electron-hole plasma does emerge through the sharing of the superfluorescence field in an optical microcavity. In addition to the in situ coherence of e-h plasma, a long-range correlation is formed between two 8-μm-spaced plasma ensembles even at room temperature. Quantized and self-modulated correlation modes are generated for e-h ensembles in the plasma region. By controlling the distance between the two ensembles, multiple coupling regimes are revealed, from strong correlation to perturbative phase correlation and finally to an incoherent classical case, which has potential implications for tunable and high-temperature-compatible quantum devices.
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- Qi Jie
- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, School of Physics and Electronic Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, School of Physics and Electronic Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, Michigan 48824, USA
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, and Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Extreme Optics, Shanxi University, Shanxi 030006, China
- Shanghai Research Center for Quantum Sciences, Shanghai 201315, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics and Department of Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, National Central University, Taoyuan 32001, Taiwan
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- Department of Electronics Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan
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- State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics and Department of Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, School of Physics and Electronic Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
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Kravtsov V, Khestanova E, Benimetskiy FA, Ivanova T, Samusev AK, Sinev IS, Pidgayko D, Mozharov AM, Mukhin IS, Lozhkin MS, Kapitonov YV, Brichkin AS, Kulakovskii VD, Shelykh IA, Tartakovskii AI, Walker PM, Skolnick MS, Krizhanovskii DN, Iorsh IV. Nonlinear polaritons in a monolayer semiconductor coupled to optical bound states in the continuum. LIGHT, SCIENCE & APPLICATIONS 2020; 9:56. [PMID: 32284858 PMCID: PMC7145813 DOI: 10.1038/s41377-020-0286-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2019] [Revised: 02/27/2020] [Accepted: 03/10/2020] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Optical bound states in the continuum (BICs) provide a way to engineer very narrow resonances in photonic crystals. The extended interaction time in these systems is particularly promising for the enhancement of nonlinear optical processes and the development of the next generation of active optical devices. However, the achievable interaction strength is limited by the purely photonic character of optical BICs. Here, we mix the optical BIC in a photonic crystal slab with excitons in the atomically thin semiconductor MoSe2 to form nonlinear exciton-polaritons with a Rabi splitting of 27 meV, exhibiting large interaction-induced spectral blueshifts. The asymptotic BIC-like suppression of polariton radiation into the far field toward the BIC wavevector, in combination with effective reduction of the excitonic disorder through motional narrowing, results in small polariton linewidths below 3 meV. Together with a strongly wavevector-dependent Q-factor, this provides for the enhancement and control of polariton-polariton interactions and the resulting nonlinear optical effects, paving the way toward tuneable BIC-based polaritonic devices for sensing, lasing, and nonlinear optics.
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- ITMO University, Saint Petersburg, 197101 Russia
- St. Petersburg Academic University, Saint Petersburg, 194021 Russia
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- Saint Petersburg State University, ul. Ulyanovskaya 1, Saint Petersburg, 198504 Russia
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- Saint Petersburg State University, ul. Ulyanovskaya 1, Saint Petersburg, 198504 Russia
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- ITMO University, Saint Petersburg, 197101 Russia
- Science Institute, University of Iceland, Dunhagi 3, IS-107, Reykjavik, Iceland
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S3 7RH UK
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- ITMO University, Saint Petersburg, 197101 Russia
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S3 7RH UK
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- ITMO University, Saint Petersburg, 197101 Russia
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S3 7RH UK
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Kang JW, Song B, Liu W, Park SJ, Agarwal R, Cho CH. Room temperature polariton lasing in quantum heterostructure nanocavities. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2019; 5:eaau9338. [PMID: 31016237 PMCID: PMC6474768 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aau9338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2018] [Accepted: 03/01/2019] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Ultralow-threshold coherent light emitters can be achieved through lasing from exciton-polariton condensates, but this generally requires sophisticated device structures and cryogenic temperatures. Polaritonic nanolasers operating at room temperature lie on the crucial path of related research, not only for the exploration of polariton physics at the nanoscale but also for potential applications in quantum information systems, all-optical logic gates, and ultralow-threshold lasers. However, at present, progress toward room temperature polariton nanolasers has been limited by the thermal instability of excitons and the inherently low quality factors of nanocavities. Here, we demonstrate room temperature polaritonic nanolasers by designing wide-gap semiconductor heterostructure nanocavities to produce thermally stable excitons coupled with nanocavity photons. The resulting mixed states of exciton polaritons with Rabi frequencies of approximately 370 meV enable persistent polariton lasing up to room temperature, facilitating the realization of miniaturized and integrated polariton systems.
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- Jang-Won Kang
- Department of Emerging Materials Science, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), Daegu 42988, South Korea
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- Department of Emerging Materials Science, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), Daegu 42988, South Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju 61005, South Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
- Corresponding author. (C.-H.C.); (R.A.)
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- Department of Emerging Materials Science, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), Daegu 42988, South Korea
- Corresponding author. (C.-H.C.); (R.A.)
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Zhang X, Zhang Y, Dong H, Tang B, Li D, Tian C, Xu C, Zhou W. Room temperature exciton-polariton condensate in an optically-controlled trap. NANOSCALE 2019; 11:4496-4502. [PMID: 30806407 DOI: 10.1039/c8nr08839j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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We report experimental studies on the optical properties of an exciton polariton condensate confined in an optically defined trap at room temperature. As a result of the parabolic profile of the optical trap, the polariton condensate redistributes itself in simple harmonic oscillator states, forming an analog of the gravity pendulum. We observed the coexistence of two harmonic oscillator modes in a single trap, which were confirmed to be confined modes connected by longitudinal optical (LO) phonons using Raman spectroscopy. Clear features of mode competition behaviors were observed for these two harmonic oscillators when the injection rate of polaritons was varied. The observed mode competition was successfully simulated by a three-level rate equation model. In addition, as a result of the bosonic stimulation in the trap region, up to ∼88% of the injected polaritons were successfully trapped when polariton lasing takes place.
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- Xinhan Zhang
- Wuhan National High Magnetic Field Center and School of Physics, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan 430074, China.
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Michalsky T, Wille M, Grundmann M, Schmidt-Grund R. Spatiotemporal Evolution of Coherent Polariton Modes in ZnO Microwire Cavities at Room Temperature. NANO LETTERS 2018; 18:6820-6825. [PMID: 30350655 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b02705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Tunable waveguides for propagating coherent quantum states are demanded for future applications in quantum information technology and optical data processing. We present coherent whispering gallery mode polariton states in ZnO-based hexagonal microwires at room temperature. We observed their propagation over the field of view of about 20 μm by picosecond time-resolved real space imaging using a streak camera. Spatial coherence was proven by time integrated Michelson interferometry superimposing the inverted spatial emission pattern with its original one. We furthermore show that the real and momentum space evolution of the coherent states can not only be described by the commonly used model developed for ballistically propagating Bose-Einstein condensates based on the Gross-Pitaevskii equation but equivalently by classical ray optics considering a spatially varying particle density dependent refractive index of the cavity material, not yet considered in literature so far. By changing the excitation spot size, the refractive index gradient and thus the propagation velocity is changed.
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- Tom Michalsky
- Felix-Bloch-Institut für Festkörperphysik , Universität Leipzig , Linnéstraße 5 , 04103 Leipzig , Germany
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- Felix-Bloch-Institut für Festkörperphysik , Universität Leipzig , Linnéstraße 5 , 04103 Leipzig , Germany
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- Felix-Bloch-Institut für Festkörperphysik , Universität Leipzig , Linnéstraße 5 , 04103 Leipzig , Germany
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- Felix-Bloch-Institut für Festkörperphysik , Universität Leipzig , Linnéstraße 5 , 04103 Leipzig , Germany
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Zhang Y, Zhang X, Tang B, Tian C, Xu C, Dong H, Zhou W. Realization of an all-optically controlled dynamic superlattice for exciton-polaritons. NANOSCALE 2018; 10:14082-14089. [PMID: 29999095 DOI: 10.1039/c8nr02190b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Exciton-polaritons, formed by the strong coupling between excitons and cavity-confined photons, are the building blocks of polaritonic devices. In this work, we report experimental realization of an all-optically controlled dynamic superlattice for polaritons working in the ultraviolet wavelength range at room temperature. The optical superlattice was realized on a one-dimensional (1D) ZnO microrod using an array of periodically arranged laser spots. Polaritonic mini-band features were clearly observed by both momentum- and real-space imaging spectroscopy. By controlling the periodicity of the laser spots, we demonstrated that the band structures of polaritons can be well controlled by external lasers. Theoretically, by extending the Kronig-Penney model to the polariton system, we calculated the polaritonic mini-bands and found it to be in good agreement with our experimental observations. By imaging the polariton flow in real space, the lifetime of polaritons and their relationship with their exitonic fractions were also extracted. The polaritonic superlattices demonstrated in this work are fully reconfigurable and optically controlled, and our results could thus stimulate the development of polaritonic all-optical devices.
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- Yingjun Zhang
- Wuhan National High Magnetic Field Center and School of Physics, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan 430074, China.
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- Wuhan National High Magnetic Field Center and School of Physics, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan 430074, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Materials for High-Power Laser, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Science, Shanghai, China.
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- Wuhan National High Magnetic Field Center and School of Physics, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan 430074, China.
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- Wuhan National High Magnetic Field Center and School of Physics, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan 430074, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Materials for High-Power Laser, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Science, Shanghai, China.
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- Wuhan National High Magnetic Field Center and School of Physics, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan 430074, China.
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Gao T, Li G, Estrecho E, Liew TCH, Comber-Todd D, Nalitov A, Steger M, West K, Pfeiffer L, Snoke DW, Kavokin AV, Truscott AG, Ostrovskaya EA. Chiral Modes at Exceptional Points in Exciton-Polariton Quantum Fluids. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2018; 120:065301. [PMID: 29481285 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.120.065301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2017] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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We demonstrate the generation of chiral modes-vortex flows with fixed handedness in exciton-polariton quantum fluids. The chiral modes arise in the vicinity of exceptional points (non-Hermitian spectral degeneracies) in an optically induced resonator for exciton polaritons. In particular, a vortex is generated by driving two dipole modes of the non-Hermitian ring resonator into degeneracy. Transition through the exceptional point in the space of the system's parameters is enabled by precise manipulation of real and imaginary parts of the closed-wall potential forming the resonator. As the system is driven to the vicinity of the exceptional point, we observe the formation of a vortex state with a fixed orbital angular momentum (topological charge). This method can be extended to generate higher-order orbital angular momentum states through coalescence of multiple non-Hermitian spectral degeneracies. Our Letter demonstrates the possibility of exploiting nontrivial and counterintuitive properties of waves near exceptional points in macroscopic quantum systems.
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- T Gao
- Nonlinear Physics Centre, Research School of Physics and Engineering, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southampton, SO17 1BJ Southampton, United Kingdom
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- Nonlinear Physics Centre, Research School of Physics and Engineering, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia
- ARC Centre of Excellence in Future Low-Energy Electronics Technologies
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- Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371
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- Nonlinear Physics Centre, Research School of Physics and Engineering, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southampton, SO17 1BJ Southampton, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southampton, SO17 1BJ Southampton, United Kingdom
- SPIN-CNR, Viale del Politecnico 1, I-00133 Rome, Italy
- Spin Optics Laboratory, St-Petersburg State University, 1 Ulianovskaya St., St-Petersburg 198504, Russia
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- Laser Physics Centre, Research School of Physics and Engineering, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia
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- Nonlinear Physics Centre, Research School of Physics and Engineering, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia
- ARC Centre of Excellence in Future Low-Energy Electronics Technologies
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Nalitov AV, Liew TCH, Kavokin AV, Altshuler BL, Rubo YG. Spontaneous Polariton Currents in Periodic Lateral Chains. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2017; 119:067406. [PMID: 28949610 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.119.067406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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We predict spontaneous generation of superfluid polariton currents in planar microcavities with lateral periodic modulation of both the potential and decay rate. A spontaneous breaking of spatial inversion symmetry of a polariton condensate emerges at a critical pumping, and the current direction is stochastically chosen. We analyze the stability of the current with respect to the fluctuations of the condensate. A peculiar spatial current domain structure emerges, where the current direction is switched at the domain walls, and the characteristic domain size and lifetime scale with the pumping power.
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- A V Nalitov
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom
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- Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637371, Singapore
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom
- CNR-SPIN, Viale del Politecnico 1, I-00133 Rome, Italy
- Spin Optics Laboratory, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg 198504, Russia
- Russian Quantum Center, 100 Novaya Street, Skolkovo, Moscow Region 143025, Russia
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- Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- Instituto de Energías Renovables, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Temixco, Morelos 62580, Mexico
- Center for Theoretical Physics of Complex Systems, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon 34051, Republic of Korea
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Schneider C, Winkler K, Fraser MD, Kamp M, Yamamoto Y, Ostrovskaya EA, Höfling S. Exciton-polariton trapping and potential landscape engineering. REPORTS ON PROGRESS IN PHYSICS. PHYSICAL SOCIETY (GREAT BRITAIN) 2017; 80:016503. [PMID: 27841166 DOI: 10.1088/0034-4885/80/1/016503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Exciton-polaritons in semiconductor microcavities have become a model system for the studies of dynamical Bose-Einstein condensation, macroscopic coherence, many-body effects, nonclassical states of light and matter, and possibly quantum phase transitions in a solid state. These low-mass bosonic quasiparticles can condense at comparatively high temperatures up to 300 K, and preserve the fundamental properties of the condensate, such as coherence in space and time domain, even when they are out of equilibrium with the environment. Although the presence of a confining potential is not strictly necessary in order to observe Bose-Einstein condensation, engineering of the polariton confinement is a key to controlling, shaping, and directing the flow of polaritons. Prototype polariton-based optoelectronic devices rely on ultrafast photon-like velocities and strong nonlinearities exhibited by polaritons, as well as on their tailored confinement. Nanotechnology provides several pathways to achieving polariton confinement, and the specific features and advantages of different methods are discussed in this review. Being hybrid exciton-photon quasiparticles, polaritons can be trapped via their excitonic as well as photonic component, which leads to a wide choice of highly complementary trapping techniques. Here, we highlight the almost free choice of the confinement strengths and trapping geometries that provide powerful means for control and manipulation of the polariton systems both in the semi-classical and quantum regimes. Furthermore, the possibilities to observe effects of the polariton blockade, Mott insulator physics, and population of higher-order energy bands in sophisticated lattice potentials are discussed. Observation of such effects could lead to realization of novel polaritonic non-classical light sources and quantum simulators.
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- C Schneider
- Technische Physik, Physikalisches Institut and Wilhelm-Conrad-Röntgen-Research Center for Complex Material Systems, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany
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Fraser MD, Höfling S, Yamamoto Y. Physics and applications of exciton-polariton lasers. NATURE MATERIALS 2016; 15:1049-1052. [PMID: 27658448 DOI: 10.1038/nmat4762] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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- Michael D Fraser
- Center for Emergent Matter Science, Riken, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- University of Würzburg, Am Hubland, Würzburg 97074, Germany, and SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, St Andrews KY16 9SS, UK
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- E. L. Ginzton Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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Rahmani A, Laussy FP. Polaritonic Rabi and Josephson Oscillations. Sci Rep 2016; 6:28930. [PMID: 27452872 PMCID: PMC4958973 DOI: 10.1038/srep28930] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2016] [Accepted: 06/07/2016] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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The dynamics of coupled condensates is a wide-encompassing problem with relevance to superconductors, BECs in traps, superfluids, etc. Here, we provide a unified picture of this fundamental problem that includes i) detuning of the free energies, ii) different self-interaction strengths and iii) finite lifetime of the modes. At such, this is particularly relevant for the dynamics of polaritons, both for their internal dynamics between their light and matter constituents, as well as for the more conventional dynamics of two spatially separated condensates. Polaritons are short-lived, interact only through their material fraction and are easily detuned. At such, they bring several variations to their atomic counterpart. We show that the combination of these parameters results in important twists to the phenomenology of the Josephson effect, such as the behaviour of the relative phase (running or oscillating) or the occurence of self-trapping. We undertake a comprehensive stability analysis of the fixed points on a normalized Bloch sphere, that allows us to provide a generalized criterion to identify the Rabi and Josephson regimes in presence of detuning and decay.
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- Amir Rahmani
- Physics Department, Yazd University, P.O. Box
89195-741, Yazd, Iran
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- Russian Quantum Center, Novaya 100,
143025
Skolkovo, Moscow Region, Russia
- Condensed Matter Physics Center (IFIMAC), Universidad
Autónoma de Madrid, E-28049, Spain
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