Zero-dimensional polariton laser in a subwavelength grating-based vertical microcavity

Bo Zhang; Zhaorong Wang; Sebastian Brodbeck; Christian Schneider; Martin Kamp; Sven Höfling; Hui Deng

doi:10.1038/lsa.2014.16

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Zero-dimensional polariton laser in a subwavelength grating-based vertical microcavity

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- Zero-dimensional polariton laser in a subwavelength grating-based vertical microcavity
- Light: Science & Applications Vol. 3, Issue 1, (2014)
- Affiliations：
  
  1.Department of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
  2.Technische Physik, Physikalisches Institut and Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen Research Center for Complex Material Systems, University of Wuerzburg, D-97074 Wuerzburg, Germany
  3.SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, KY 16 9SS, United Kingdom
- Author bio：
  
  Professor H Deng, Department of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA E-mail: dengh@umich.edu
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- DOI：10.1038/lsa.2014.16
  CLC：
- Published：2014-03，
  
  Published Online：03 January 2014，
  
  Received：27 May 2013，
  
  Revised：04 September 2013，
  
  Accepted：26 September 2013
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Zhang, B. et al. Zero-dimensional polariton laser in a subwavelength grating-based vertical microcavity. Light: Science & Applications, 3, e135 (2014).
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Zhang, B. et al. Zero-dimensional polariton laser in a subwavelength grating-based vertical microcavity. Light: Science & Applications, 3, e135 (2014). DOI： 10.1038/lsa.2014.16.

摘要

Abstract

Semiconductor exciton–polaritons in planar microcavities form coherent two-dimensional condensates in non-equilibrium. However

the coupling of multiple lower-dimensional polariton quantum systems

which are critical for polaritonic quantum device applications and novel cavity-lattice physics

has been limited in conventional cavity structures. Here

we demonstrate full non-destructive confinement of polaritons using a hybrid cavity composed of a single-layer subwavelength grating mirror and a distributed Bragg reflector. Single-mode polariton lasing was observed at a chosen polarization. The incorporation of a designable slab mirror in a conventional vertical cavity

when operating in the strong-coupling regime

enables the confinement

control and coupling of polariton gasses in a scalable fashion. This approach may open the door to experimental implementations of polariton-based quantum photonic devices and coupled cavity quantum electrodynamic systems.

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Keywords

Bose–Einstein condensationmicrocavityphotonic crystalpolariton

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