Title :
Stimulated polariton emission from ZnO-nanoparticles based microcavity
Author :
Xiaoze Liu ; Appavoo, Kannatassen ; Sfeir, Matthew Y. ; Kena-Cohen, Stephane ; Menon, Vinod M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., City Univ. of New York, New York, NY, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate stimulated polariton emission at room temperature in a dielectric microcavity embedded with ZnO nanoparticles. The polariton lifetime is also shown to decrease drastically above the stimulated emission threshold.
Keywords :
dielectric materials; micro-optics; microcavities; nanoparticles; nanophotonics; optical materials; polaritons; stimulated emission; zinc compounds; ZnO; ZnO-nanoparticle based microcavity; dielectric microcavity; polariton lifetime; room temperature; stimulated emission threshold; stimulated polariton emission; temperature 293 K to 298 K; Educational institutions; Microcavities; Nanoparticles; Optical pumping; Photonics; Stimulated emission; Zinc oxide;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
