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Spin Rings in Bistable Planar Semiconductor Microcavities

Adrados, C.
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Amo, A.
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Liew, T. C. H.
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2010
Physical Review Letters

A remarkable feature of exciton-polaritons is the strongly spin-dependent polariton-polariton interaction, which has been predicted to result in the formation of spin rings in real space [Shelykh et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 116401 (2008)]. Here we experimentally demonstrate the spin bistability of exciton polaritons in an InGaAs-based semiconductor microcavity under resonant optical pumping. We observe the formation of spin rings whose size can be finely controlled in a spatial scale down to the micrometer range, much smaller than the spot size. Demonstration of optically controlled spin patterns in semiconductors opens way to the realization of spin logic devices and spin memories.

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DOI
10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.216403
Web of Science ID

WOS:000284208800009

Author(s)
Adrados, C.
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Amo, A.
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Liew, T. C. H.
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Hivet, R.
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Houdre, R.  
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Giacobino, E.
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Kavokin, A. V.
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Bramati, A.
Date Issued

2010

Published in
Physical Review Letters
Volume

105

Article Number

216403

Subjects

Optical Tristability

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REVIEWED

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December 16, 2011
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