• DocumentCode
    499600
  • Title

    Switch-on of ultrastrong light-matter interaction faster than a cycle of light

  • Author

    Anappara, A.A. ; Gunter, Geoffrey ; Hees, J. ; Biasiol, G. ; Sorba, L. ; Tredicucci, A. ; Leitenstorfer, A. ; Huber, R.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    2-4 June 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Intersubband cavity polaritons in a quantum well waveguide structure are photogenerated by 12-fs near-infrared pulses. Multi-THz transients trace the non-adiabatic switch-on of ultrastrong light-matter coupling and the conversion of bare photons into cavity polaritons.
  • Keywords
    polaritons; quantum wells; Intersubband cavity polaritons; quantum well waveguide structure; ultrastrong light-matter interaction; Elementary particle vacuum; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Planar waveguides; Resonance; Ultrafast optics; (270.5580) Quantum electrodynamics; (320.7110) Ultrafast nonlinear optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-869-8
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-869-8
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5224776