Polarization multistability of cavity polaritons.
New effects of polarization multistability and polarization hysteresis in a coherently driven polariton system in a semiconductor microcavity are predicted and theoretically analyzed. The multistability arises due to polarization-dependent polariton-polariton interactions and can be revealed in polarization resolved photoluminescence experiments. The pumping power required to observe this effect is 4 orders of magnitude lower than the characteristic pumping power in conventional bistable optical systems.
LASMEA, CNRS, Université Blaise Pascal, 24 av. des Landais, 63177 Aubière, France.
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Gippius
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Shelykh
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Solnyshkov
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Gavrilov
Yuri G
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Rubo
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Kavokin
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Tikhodeev
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Malpuech