We report on the realization of polariton quantum boxes in a semiconductor microcavity under strong coupling regime. The quantum boxes consist of mesas that confine the cavity photon, etched on top of the spacer of a microcavity. For mesas with sizes of the order of a few micron in width and nm in depth, we observe quantization, caused by the lateral confinement, of the polariton modes in several peaks. We evidence the strong exciton-photon coupling regime through a typical/clear anticrossing curve for each quantized level. Moreover the growth technique is of high quality, which opens the way for the conception of new optoelectronic devices.
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0602665,
title = {Polariton quantum boxes in semiconductor microcavities},
author = {Ounsi El Daïf and Augustin Baas and Thierry Guillet and Jean-Philippe Brantut and Reda Idrissi-Kaitouni and Jean-Louis Staehli and Francois Morier-Genoud and Benoit Deveaud},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0602665},
year = {2016}
}