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Polariton condensation in a planar microcavity with InGaAs quantum wells

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2015-03-26 v1 Materials Science Optics

Abstract

Polariton lattice condensates provide a platform for on chip quantum emulations. Interactions in extended polariton lattices are currently limited by the intrinsic photonic disorder of microcavities. Here, we fabricate a strain compensated planar GaAs/AlAs microcavity with embedded InGaAs quantum wells and report on polariton condensation under non-resonant optical excitation. Evidence of polariton condensation is supported spectroscopically both in reflection and transmission geometry, whilst the observation of a second threshold to photon lasing allows us to conclusively distinguish between the strong- and weak-coupling non-linear regimes.

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@article{arxiv.1407.6535,
  title  = {Polariton condensation in a planar microcavity with InGaAs quantum wells},
  author = {Pasquale Cilibrizzi and Alexis Askitopoulos and Matteo Silva and Edmund Clarke and Joanna M. Zajac and Wolfgang Langbein and Pavlos G. Lagoudakis},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1407.6535},
  year   = {2015}
}

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3 pages, 3 figures