Stochastic and deterministic switches in a bistable polariton micropillar under short optical pulses

A. V. Uvarov, S. S. Gavrilov, V. D. Kulakovskii, and N. A. Gippius
Phys. Rev. A 99, 033837 – Published 18 March 2019

Abstract

Optical bistability of exciton polaritons in semiconductor microcavities is a promising platform for digital optical devices. Steady states of coherently driven polaritons can be toggled back and forth in tens of picoseconds under short external pulses of appropriate amplitude and phase. We have analyzed the switching behavior depending on the pulse amplitude, phase, and duration. The switches are found to change dramatically when the inverse pulse duration becomes comparable to the frequency detuning between the driving field and polariton resonance. If the detuning is large compared to the polariton linewidth, the system becomes extremely sensitive to initial conditions and thus responds unpredictably.

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  • Received 13 September 2018

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.99.033837

©2019 American Physical Society

Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

Condensed Matter, Materials & Applied PhysicsNonlinear Dynamics

Authors & Affiliations

A. V. Uvarov1,2,3, S. S. Gavrilov3,4, V. D. Kulakovskii3,4, and N. A. Gippius2,3

  • 1Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Moscow 117303, Russia
  • 2Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Skolkovo 143025, Russia
  • 3Institute of Solid State Physics, RAS, Chernogolovka 142432, Russia
  • 4National Research University Higher School of Economics, 101000 Moscow, Russia

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Vol. 99, Iss. 3 — March 2019

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