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Title: Strongly interacting dipolar-polaritons

Journal Article · · Science Advances

Exciton-polaritons are mutually interacting quantum hybridizations of confined photons and electronic excitations. Here, we demonstrate a system of optically guided, electrically polarized exciton-polaritons (“dipolaritons”) that displays up to 200-fold enhancement of the polariton-polariton interaction strength compared to unpolarized polaritons. The magnitude of the dipolar interaction enhancement can be turned on and off and can be easily tuned over a very wide range by varying the applied polarizing electric field. The large interaction strengths and the very long propagation distances of these fully guided dipolaritons open up new opportunities for realizing complex quantum circuitry and quantum simulators, as well as topological states based on exciton-polaritons, for which the interactions between polaritons need to be large and spatially or temporally controlled. The results also raise fundamental questions on the origin of these large enhancements.

Research Organization:
Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem (Israel)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division; United States–Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF); Israeli Science Foundation; Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation (GBMF); National Science Foundation (NSF)
Grant/Contract Number:
2016112; 1319/12; GBMF4420; DMR-1420541
OSTI ID:
1625998
Journal Information:
Science Advances, Vol. 4, Issue 10; ISSN 2375-2548
Publisher:
AAASCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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