Physical Review A · 2004 · 405 citations · 19 references
EngineeringElectrical EngineeringPhysicsOpticsOptoelectronicsPhotonicsElectro-optic EffectsNonlinear OpticsOptical Properties Of SemiconductorsPhysical OpticsSemiconductor HeterostructuresSemiconductor PhysicsBistabilityKerr NonlinearityNonlinear Optical ResponseNonlinearityOptical BistabilityOptical Kerr EffectPolariton PhysicsStrong Coupling Regime
We report the observation of polaritonic bistability in semiconductor microcavities in the strong-coupling regime. The origin of bistability is the polariton-polariton interaction, which gives rise to a Kerr-like nonlinearity. The experimental results are in good agreement with a simple model taking transverse effects into account.
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