Optical Trapping and Propagation of Nonresonantly Driven One-Dimensional Exciton-Polariton Condensate

• Authors: A. Opala , M. Pieczarka , G. Sęk
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

We study theoretically a nonresonant optical creation of a one-dimensional exciton-polariton condensate in a semiconductor microcavity. The polariton condensate is treated in the mean-field approach, taking into consideration an antitrapping potential created by the reservoir of noncondensed particles. Polariton condensates are excited by multiple lasers, with a combination of continuous wave and pulsed sources. The proposed pump-probe configuration leads to the realisation of various experimental schemes, e.g. optical trapping of a polariton condensate in real space. Moreover, it can be utilised for investigation of elementary excitations in the time domain when polariton condensates from two sources interact with each other.

Keywords

EN

67.85.De; 71.36.+c; 03.75.Kk

Discipline

• 67.85.De: Dynamic properties of condensates; excitations, and superfluid flow
• 03.75.Kk: Dynamic properties of condensates; collective and hydrodynamic excitations, superfluid flow
• 71.36.+c: Polaritons (including photon-phonon and photon-magnon interactions)

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 132
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 401-404

Dates

published

2017-08

Contributors

author

A. Opala

• Laboratory for Optical Spectroscopy of Nanostructures, Department of Experimental Physics, Faculty of Fundamental Problems of Technology, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Wyb. S. Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370 Wrocław, Poland

author

M. Pieczarka

• Laboratory for Optical Spectroscopy of Nanostructures, Department of Experimental Physics, Faculty of Fundamental Problems of Technology, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Wyb. S. Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370 Wrocław, Poland

author

G. Sęk

• Laboratory for Optical Spectroscopy of Nanostructures, Department of Experimental Physics, Faculty of Fundamental Problems of Technology, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Wyb. S. Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370 Wrocław, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.132.401