Title :
Switch-on of ultrastrong light-matter interaction faster than a cycle of light
Author :
Anappara, A.A. ; Gunter, Geoffrey ; Hees, J. ; Biasiol, G. ; Sorba, L. ; Tredicucci, A. ; Leitenstorfer, A. ; Huber, R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
Abstract :
Intersubband cavity polaritons in a quantum well waveguide structure are photogenerated by 12-fs near-infrared pulses. Multi-THz transients trace the non-adiabatic switch-on of ultrastrong light-matter coupling and the conversion of bare photons into cavity polaritons.
Keywords :
polaritons; quantum wells; Intersubband cavity polaritons; quantum well waveguide structure; ultrastrong light-matter interaction; Elementary particle vacuum; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Planar waveguides; Resonance; Ultrafast optics; (270.5580) Quantum electrodynamics; (320.7110) Ultrafast nonlinear optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
