• DocumentCode
    2883427
  • Title

    Spatio-temporal dynamics of coherent polaritons in a semiconductor microcavity

  • Author

    Baumberg, Jeremy J. ; Grundy, Alastair ; Von Högersthal, Giorgio Baldassarri Höger ; Sanvitto, D. ; Skolnick, M.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Phys. & Astron., Univ. of Southampton, Southampton
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    21-26 May 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Spatio-temporal dynamics of coherent exciton-polariton populations in semiconductor microcavities shows a rich ultrafast behaviour that presages many of the features of coherent matter condensates. For condensates at room temperature the response is necessarily ultrafast.
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; excitons; high-speed optical techniques; microcavities; polaritons; semiconductor quantum wells; spatiotemporal phenomena; coherent exciton-polariton; semiconductor microcavity; spatio-temporal dynamics; temperature 293 K to 298 K; Atom optics; Clouds; Dispersion; Microcavities; Nonlinear optics; Optical pumping; Optical sensors; Optical vortices; Particle scattering; Ultrafast optics; (020.1670) Coherent optical effects; (320.7130) Ultrafast processes in semiconductors; (350.2250) Femtosecond phenomena;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Long Beach, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628968
  • Filename
    4628968