Optical bistability in semiconductor microcavities

Journal Article · Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 2004 · Physical Review. A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.69.023809· OSTI ID:20640784

Baas, A; Karr, J Ph; Giacobino, E ^[1]; Eleuch, H ^[2]

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1. Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Universite Paris 6, Ecole Normale Superieure et CNRS, UPMC Case 74, 4 place Jussieu, 75252 Paris Cedex 05 (France)
2. Institut National des Sciences Appliquees et de Technologie, Centre Urbain Nord Bp N 676, 1080 Tunis Cedex (Tunisia)

We report the observation of polaritonic bistability in semiconductor microcavities in the strong-coupling regime. The origin of bistability is the polariton-polariton interaction, which gives rise to a Kerr-like nonlinearity. The experimental results are in good agreement with a simple model taking transverse effects into account.

• OSTI ID: 20640784
• Journal Information: Physical Review. A, Vol. 69, Issue 2; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.69.023809; (c) 2004 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1050-2947
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
COUPLING
KERR EFFECT
NONLINEAR PROBLEMS
OPTICS
POLARONS
QUANTUM MECHANICS
QUANTUM WELLS
REFLECTIVITY
SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS