Superlinear increase of photocurrent due to stimulated scattering into a polariton condensate

Myers, D. M.; Ozden, B.; Steger, M.; Sedov, E.; Kavokin, A.; West, K.; Pfeiffer, L. N.; Snoke, D. W.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.98.045301

Superlinear increase of photocurrent due to stimulated scattering into a polariton condensate

Journal Article · Mon Jul 02 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · Physical Review B

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.98.045301· OSTI ID:1462333

Myers, D. M. ^[1]; Ozden, B. ^[1]; Steger, M. ^[2]; Sedov, E. ^[3]; Kavokin, A. ^[4]; West, K. ^[5]; Pfeiffer, L. N. ^[5]; Snoke, D. W. ^[1]

Univ. of Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Univ. of Southampton (United Kingdom); Vladimir State Univ., Vladimir (Russian Federation)
Univ. of Southampton (United Kingdom); St. Petersburg State Univ. (Russian Federation); National Research Council (CNR), Rome (Italy). Inst. for Superconductors, Innovative Materials and Devices (CNR-SPIN)
Princeton Univ., NJ (United States)

We show that when a monopolar current is passed through an n-i-n structure, superlinear photocurrent response occurs when there is a polariton condensate. This is in sharp contrast to the previously observed behavior for a standard semiconductor laser. Theoretical modeling shows that this is due to a stimulated exciton-exciton scattering process in which one exciton relaxes into the condensate, while another one dissociates into an electron-hole pair.

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Research Organization:: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308

OSTI ID:: 1462333

Report Number(s):: NREL/JA--5K00-72041

Journal Information:: Physical Review B, Journal Name: Physical Review B Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 98; ISSN 2469-9950; ISSN PRBMDO

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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