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Optical bistability in semiconductor microcavities

Year: 2004

Type: article

Abstract: We report the observation of polaritonic bistability in semiconductor microcavities in the strong-coupling regime. The origin of bistability is the polariton-polariton interaction, which gives rise to a Kerr-like nonlinearity. The experimental results are in good agreement with a simple model taking transverse effects into account.

Source: Physical Review A

DOI: 10.1103/physreva.69.023809

Authors: A. Baas, J. Ph. Karr, H. Eleuch, E. Giacobino

Institutions: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie, National Institute of Applied Science and Technology

Language: English

Topic: Strong Light-Matter Interactions

Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1495769149

FWCI: 6.233

Cites: 21

Cited by: 425

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