Conference proceeding
Coherent control of polaritons in a quantum-well microcavity
Technical Digest. Summaries of Papers Presented at the Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, pp.26-27
1999
DOI: 10.1109/QELS.1999.807119
Abstract
Summary form only given. The optical coherent control of quantum mechanical systems enables the direct manipulation of quantum states, and has been demonstrated on excitonic transitions in semiconductors. We have demonstrated the coherent control of the nonlinear optical response of quantum-well excitons in a resonant high-Q microcavity. There are two significant advantages to using excitons in microcavities instead of bare quantum wells: first, the multiple reflections which occur in the cavity strongly enhance the optical nonlinearity, enabling large-signal coherent control, and second, 2-color coherent control may be implemented, where a pump pulse tuned to one of the normal modes of the coupled exciton-microcavity system can control the response of a probe tuned to the other normal mode. The nonlinear response of the normal modes is due to the nonlinearity of the underlying exciton transition.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Coherent control of polaritons in a quantum-well microcavity
- Creators
- Y.-S. Lee - Centre for Ultrafast Opt. Sci., Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor, MI, USAT.B. Norris - University of Michigan–Ann ArborA. Maslov - University of Michigan–Ann ArborD.S. Citrin - University of Michigan–Ann ArborJ. Prineas - University of Michigan–Ann ArborG. Khitrova - Optical SciencesH.M. Gibbs - University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding
- Publication Details
- Technical Digest. Summaries of Papers Presented at the Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, pp.26-27
- Publisher
- IEEE
- DOI
- 10.1109/QELS.1999.807119
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 1999
- Academic Unit
- Physics and Astronomy
- Record Identifier
- 9984428790302771
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