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Spontaneous polarization buildup in a room-temperature polariton laser

Baumberg, J. J.
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Kavokin, A. V.
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Christopoulos, S.
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2008
Physical Review Letters

We observe the buildup of strong (similar to 50%) spontaneous vector polarization in emission from a GaN-based polariton laser excited by short optical pulses at room temperature. The Stokes vector of emitted light changes its orientation randomly from one excitation pulse to another, so that the time-integrated polarization remains zero. This behavior is completely different from any previous laser. We interpret this observation in terms of the spontaneous symmetry breaking in a Bose-Einstein condensate of exciton polaritons.

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DOI
10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.136409
Web of Science ID

WOS:000259680600054

Author(s)
Baumberg, J. J.
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Kavokin, A. V.
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Christopoulos, S.
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Grundy, A. J. D.
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Butte, R.  
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Christmann, G.
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Solnyshkov, D. D.
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Malpuech, G.
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von Hogersthal, G. B. H.
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Feltin, E.
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Date Issued

2008

Published in
Physical Review Letters
Volume

101

Issue

13

Article Number

6409

Subjects

BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATION

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SEMICONDUCTOR MICROCAVITY

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EXCITON

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POLARITONS

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