Stimulated emission of terahertz radiation by exciton-polariton lasers

Kavokin, KV; Kaliteevski, MA; Abram, RA; Kavokin, AV; Sharkova, S; Shelykh, IA

Abstract

We show that planar semiconductor microcavities in the strong coupling regime can be used as sources of stimulated terahertz radiation. Emitted terahertz photons would have a frequency equal to the splitting of the cavity polariton modes. The optical transition between upper and lower polariton branches is allowed due to mixing of the upper polariton state with one of the excited exciton states and is stimulated in the polariton laser regime.

Citation

Kavokin, K., Kaliteevski, M., Abram, R., Kavokin, A., Sharkova, S., & Shelykh, I. (2010). Stimulated emission of terahertz radiation by exciton-polariton lasers. Applied Physics Letters, 97(20), Article 201111. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3519978

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Nov 15, 2010
• Deposit Date: Jan 7, 2011
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 25, 2011
• Journal: Applied Physics Letters
• Print ISSN: 0003-6951
• Electronic ISSN: 1077-3118
• Publisher: American Institute of Physics
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 97
• Issue: 20
• Article Number: 201111
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3519978
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1511994