Ultra-Low Threshold Polariton Condensation: arXiv:1609.08109 [physics.optics]

Mark Steger; Brian Fluegel; Kirstin Alberi; David Snoke; Loren Pfeiffer; Ken West; Angelo Mascarenhas

Ultra-Low Threshold Polariton Condensation: arXiv:1609.08109 [physics.optics]

Mark Steger
, Brian Fluegel
, Kirstin Alberi
, David Snoke
, Loren Pfeiffer
, Ken West
, Angelo Mascarenhas

University of Pittsburgh
Princeton University

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Abstract

We demonstrate condensation of microcavity polaritons with a very sharp threshold occuring at two orders of magnitude lower pump intensity than previous demonstrations of condensation. The long cavity-lifetime and trapping and pumping geometries are crucial to the realization of this low threshold. Polariton condensation, or 'polariton lasing' has long been proposed as a promising source of coherent light at lower threshold than traditional lasing, and these results suggest methods to bring this threshold even lower.

Original language	American English
Number of pages	4
Journal	ArXiv.org
State	Published - 2016

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Final version of this article published in Optics Letters: see NREL/JA-5K00-68052

NLR Publication Number

NREL/JA-5K00-67458

Keywords

condensation
lasing
polaritons

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