• DocumentCode
    732772
  • Title

    Optical bistability in electrically driven polariton condensates

  • Author

    Amthor, Matthias ; Metzger, Christian ; Brodbeck, Sebastian ; Worschech, Lukas ; Kamp, Martin ; Schneider, Christian ; Hofling, Sven ; Liew, Timothy C. H. ; Shelykh, Ivan A. ; Kavokin, Alexey V.

  • Author_Institution
    Wilhelm-Conrad-Rontgen-Res. Center for Complex Mater. Syst., Univ. Wurzburg, Wurzburg, Germany
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    10-15 May 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We observe a bistability in an electrically driven polariton condensate, which is manifested by a memory dependent threshold characteristic. The bistability is explained by a dependence of the electron-hole tunneling lifetime on the carrier density.
  • Keywords
    carrier density; optical bistability; polaritons; quantum well lasers; tunnelling; carrier density; electrically driven polariton condensates; electron-hole tunneling lifetime; memory dependent threshold characteristics; optical bistability; Charge carrier density; Excitons; Luminescence; Magnetic hysteresis; Microcavities; Optical bistability; Physics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7183209
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=732772