title: Stochastic resonance in collective exciton-polariton excitations inside a GaAs microcavity.
abstract: We report the first observation of stochastic resonance in confined exciton polaritons. We evidence this phenomena by tracking the polaritons behavior through two stochastic resonance quantifiers namely the spectral magnification factor and the signal-to-noise ratio. The evolution of the stochastic resonance in the function of the modulation amplitude of the periodic excitation signal is studied. Our experimental observations are well reproduced by numerical simulations performed in the framework of the Gross-Pitaevskii equation under stochastic perturbation.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Quantum Optoelectronics, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Abbaspour
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Quantum Optoelectronics, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Trebaol
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Quantum Optoelectronics, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Morier-Genoud
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Quantum Optoelectronics, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Portella-Oberli
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Quantum Optoelectronics, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Deveaud