Stimulated emission of terahertz radiation by exciton-polariton lasers

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

doi:10.1063/1.3519978

Stimulated emission of terahertz radiation by exciton-polariton lasers

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

Authors

KV Kavokin

MA Kaliteevski

RA Abram

AV Kavokin

S Sharkova

IA Shelykh

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

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© 2010 American Institute of Physics. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics. The following article appeared in Kavokin, K.V. and Kaliteevski, M.A. and Abram, R.A. and Kavokin, A.V. and Sharkova, S. and Shelykh, I.A. (2010) 'Stimulated emission of terahertz radiation by exciton-polariton lasers.', Applied physics letters., 97 (20). p. 201111 and may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3519978