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Spatial dynamics of confined semiconductor microcavity polaritons

Cerna, R.  
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Paraiso, T. K.  
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Leger, Y.  
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2010
Physical Review B

We report on the dynamics of confined zero-dimensional polaritons. We excite resonantly discrete polariton states optically with a tailored picosecond laser pulse and observe their emission time resolved in the two-dimensional k space or real space. We are able to distinguish between three regimes. When the laser excites only one state no dynamics are observed. When a small number of well separated states are excited, the dynamics are described in terms of interference. When a quasicontinuum of states is excited, the dynamics are described in terms of ballistically propagating two-dimensional (2D) polaritons which scatter elastically at the potential barriers. The measured propagation velocities are reproduced with the theory of 2D polaritons, which sustains our interpretation.

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DOI
10.1103/PhysRevB.81.113306
Web of Science ID

WOS:000276248800020

Author(s)
Cerna, R.  
Paraiso, T. K.  
Leger, Y.  
Wouters, M.  
Morier-Genoud, F.  
Portella-Oberli, M. T.  
Deveaud-Pledran, B.  
Date Issued

2010

Published in
Physical Review B
Volume

81

Article Number

113306-

Subjects

Bose-Einstein Condensation

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Exciton-Polaritons

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April 21, 2010
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