Novel parametric phenomena in the strong exciton-photon coupling regime

Author

Ciuti, Cristiano

Author_Institution

Phys. Dept., Univ. of California, San Diego, CA, USA

fYear

2002

fDate

19-24 May 2002

Firstpage

268

Abstract

Summary form only given. We theoretically discuss the giant nonlinearities of semiconductor microcavities in the strong exciton-photon coupling regime. Within a model of interacting bosons, we describe the polariton nonlinear dynamics in the case of resonant excitation. The theory treats polariton parametric amplification, luminescence, oscillation, the role of anomalous pair correlations and the appearance of peculiar collective modes. Potential applications involving long-lived coherence and ultrafast control are also discussed.

Keywords

excitons; microcavities; optical parametric amplifiers; photoluminescence; polaritons; semiconductor quantum wells; anomalous pair correlations; giant nonlinearities; interacting boson model; long-lived coherence; luminescence; oscillation; peculiar collective modes; polariton nonlinear dynamics; polariton parametric amplification; quantum well excitons; resonant excitation; semiconductor microcavities; strong exciton-photon coupling regime; ultrafast control; Excitons; Optical parametric amplifiers; Photoluminescence; Quantum wells;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2002. QELS '02. Technical Digest. Summaries of Papers Presented at the

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-708-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/QELS.2002.1031410

Filename

1031410