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Electronic control of the polarization of light emitted by polariton lasers

  • G. Malpuech
  • , M. M. Glazov
  • , I. A. Shelykh
  • , P. Bigenwald
  • , K. V. Kavokin

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Útdráttur

We propose a mechanism of electronic control of the polarization of the light emitted by polariton lasers. An electric field applied along the growth axis of the microcavity splits the ground polariton state into [110] and [1-1̄0] polarized components. We perform kinetic simulations which show that above a pumping threshold, a condensate of exciton polaritons is formed at the lowest-energy state. In this regime, the emission of the polariton laser is either [110] or [1-1̄0] linearly polarized depending on the direction of the applied field.

Upprunalegt tungumálEnska
Númer greinar111118
FræðitímaritApplied Physics Letters
Bindi88
Númer tölublaðs11
DOI
ÚtgáfustaðaÚtgefið - 2006

Athugasemd

Funding Information: The authors thank A. Kavokin for helpful discussions and critical reading of the manuscript. This work has been supported by the Marie Curie project “Clermont 2,” Contract No. MRTN-CT-2003-503677. One of the authors (M.M.G.) acknowledges the support of RFBR and Dynasty Foundation-ICFPM. One of the authors acknowledges the support of the ARL-ERO project number N62558 06-P-0095.

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