The importance of disorder in very high quality semiconductor microcavities
We investigate a semiconductor microcavity containing a quantum well, a sample of exceptional quality. We observe a four-wave mixing response which resembles that of an inhomogeneously broadened exciton system, while the linear transmission measurements are affected by the homogeneous part of the broadening and have a completely different decay time. We show that the four-wave mixing response cannot be calculated using the excitonic parameters (linewidth and relaxation time) extracted from the linear transmission measurements, as the coupling of exciton and photon states deeply modifies the scattering channels.
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Swiss Fed Inst Technol, Dept Phys, PH Ecublens, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland. Univ Cagliari, Dipartimento Fis, I-09042 Monserrato, CA, Italy. Univ Cagliari, Ist Nazl Fis Mat, I-09042 Monserrato, CA, Italy. Saba, M, Swiss Fed Inst Technol, Dept Phys, PH Ecublens, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
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