Journal article
Large-signal coherent control of normal modes in quantum-well semiconductor microcavity
Applied physics letters, Vol.78(25), pp.3941-3943
06/18/2001
DOI: 10.1063/1.1378316
Abstract
We demonstrate coherent control of the cavity-polariton modes of a quantum-well semiconductor microcavity in a two-color scheme. The cavity enhancement of the excitonic nonlinearity gives rise to a large signal; modulating the relative phase of the excitation pulses between zero and π produces a differential reflectivity (ΔR/R) of up to 20%. The maximum nonlinear signal is obtained for cocircular pump and probe polarization. Excitation-induced dephasing is responsible for the incoherent nonlinear response, and limits the contrast ratio of the optical switching. © 2001 American Institute of Physics.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Large-signal coherent control of normal modes in quantum-well semiconductor microcavity
- Creators
- Y.-S Lee - University of MichiganT. B Norris - University of MichiganA Maslov - Washington State UniversityD. S Citrin - Washington State UniversityJ Prineas - University of ArizonaG Khitrova - Optical SciencesH. M Gibbs - University of Arizona
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Applied physics letters, Vol.78(25), pp.3941-3943
- DOI
- 10.1063/1.1378316
- ISSN
- 0003-6951
- eISSN
- 1077-3118
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/18/2001
- Academic Unit
- Physics and Astronomy
- Record Identifier
- 9984199677602771
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