Self-organization of multiple polariton-polariton scattering in semiconductor microcavities

D. N. Krizhanovskii, S. S. Gavrilov, A. P. D. Love, D. Sanvitto, N. A. Gippius, S. G. Tikhodeev, V. D. Kulakovskii, D. M. Whittaker, M. S. Skolnick, and J. S. Roberts
Phys. Rev. B 77, 115336 – Published 19 March 2008

Abstract

Sharp transformations of polariton-polariton scattering patterns in a semiconductor microcavity with an increase in pump intensity are observed. These transformations are manifestations of nonequilibrium first-order phase transitions in a strongly driven multimode Bose system. The effect arises from the interplay between the bistability of the pumped polariton mode and the parametric instability in the nonlinear polariton system.

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  • Received 11 July 2007

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.77.115336

©2008 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

D. N. Krizhanovskii1, S. S. Gavrilov2,3,4, A. P. D. Love1, D. Sanvitto1, N. A. Gippius3,4, S. G. Tikhodeev3,4, V. D. Kulakovskii2, D. M. Whittaker1, M. S. Skolnick1, and J. S. Roberts1

  • 1Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S3 7RH, United Kingdom
  • 2Institute of Solid State Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 142432, Russia
  • 3A. M. Prokhorov General Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991, Russia
  • 4LASMEA, UMR 6602 CNRS, Université Blaise Pascal, 63177 Aubière, France

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Vol. 77, Iss. 11 — 15 March 2008

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