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Polarization of exciton polariton condensates in lateral traps

Polarization of exciton polariton condensates in lateral traps. C. Trallero-Giner, A. V. Kavokin and T. C. H. Liew Havana University and CINVESTAV-DF University of Southampton Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. OUTLINE. Introduction Scalar BEC in a two dimensional trap

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Polarization of exciton polariton condensates in lateral traps

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  1. Polarization of excitonpolariton condensates in lateral traps C. Trallero-Giner, A. V. Kavokin and T. C. H. Liew Havana University and CINVESTAV-DF University of Southampton Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

  2. OUTLINE • Introduction • Scalar BEC in a two dimensional trap • Spinor condensates of exciton-polaritons • Conclusions

  3. Introduction

  4. Es posible obtener alta densidad de un gas de “átomos” ligeros. La coherencia cuántica debe ser a las altas tempertaturas Los polaritones cuya masa es 0.0001 me POLARITON CONDENSATION IN TRAP MICROCAVITIES

  5. Peter Littlewood SCIENCE VOL 316 -Photons from a laser create electron-hole pairs or excitons. -The excitons and photons interaction form a new quantum state= polariton.

  6. 2 dimensional GaAs-based microcavity structure. Spatial strep trap ( R. Balili, et al. Science 316, 1007 (2007))

  7. REVIEWS OF MODERN PHYSICS, VOL. 82, APRIL–JUNE 2010

  8. Scalar BEC The description of the linearly polarized exciton polariton condensate formed in a lateral trap semiconductor microcavity: two dimensional Gross-Pitaievskii equation α1 and α2 – self-interaction parameter ω – trap frequency m – exciton-polariton mass

  9. The main goal -Explicit analytical representations for the whole range of the self-interaction parameter α1+α2. -To show the range of validity.

  10. Analytical approaches Thomas-Fermi approach Experimentally it is not always the case

  11. Variational method For non-linear differential equation the variational method is not well establish.

  12. Green function formalism Gross-Pitaievskii integral equation -Green function

  13. -spectral representation -harmonic oscillator wavefunctions -Integral representation

  14. Perturbative method It is useful to get simple expressions for μ0 and Φ0 through a perturbation approach. ∫|Φ0(r)|2dr=N

  15. Ψ0=Φ0/√N ∫| Ψ0|2dr=1 -small term

  16. Using the integral representation for the 2D GPE The general solution for the order parameter Ψ0 has an explicit representation as {φn1;n2 (r)} -2D harmonic oscillator wave functions

  17. -must fulfill the non-linear equation system T is a fourth-range tensor

  18. -small term The eigenvector C issought in the form of a series of the nonlinear interaction parameter Λ

  19. Energy Λ/2

  20. The normalized order parameter Ψ0 Hn(z) the Hermite polynomial Ei(z)-the exponential integral; γ-the Euler constant

  21. Ψ(r)= Φ(r)/√N r→r/l

  22. In typical microcavities the values of the interaction constants can change with the exciton-photon detuning, δ Eb-the exciton binding energy, ab -the exciton Bohr radius X -the excitonic Hopfield coefficient V the exciton-photon coupling energy GaAs

  23. GaAs

  24. Spinor condensates of exciton-polaritons The effect of a magnetic field The polaritons have two allowed spin projections If the absence of external magnetic field the ‘‘parallel spins’’ and ‘‘anti-parallelspin’’ states of noninteracting polaritons are degenerate. We are in presence of two independent circular polarized statesΦ± To find the order parameter in a magnetic field we start with the spinor GPE:

  25. -Ωis the magnetic field splitting -α1 the interaction of excitons with parallel spin -α2the interaction of excitons with anti-parallel spin -two coupled spinor GPEs for the two circularly polarized components Φ± The normalization ∫|Φ±|dr = N± Ψ±(r)= Φ±(r)/√N ±

  26. η=N+/N- Λ1=α1N+ /(2l2ћω) Energies Λ12=α2N- /(2l2ћω)

  27. μ +=(E+-Ω))/ ћω =1+0.159*(Λ1+Λ12)+ 0.0036*F+(Λ1,Λ12) F+=(3Λ1+2Λ12)(Λ1/η+ηΛ12)+Λ12(Λ1+Λ12) μ -=(E-+Ω))/ ћω =1+0.159*(Λ1/η+Λ12 η)+ 0.0036*F-(Λ1/ η,Λ12η) F-=(3Λ1/η+2Λ12η)(Λ1+Λ12)+(Λ1/η+ηΛ12)Λ12η

  28. μ +=(E+-Ω))/ ћω μ -=(E-+Ω))/ ћω Λ1=α1N+ /(2l2ћω) Λ12=α2N- /(2l2ћω)

  29. μ +=1+0.159*(Λ1+Λ12) +0.0036*F+(Λ1,Λ12) μ -=1+0.159* (Λ1/ η+Λ12η)+0.0036* F-(Λ1, Λ12)

  30. Order parameter for the two circularly polarized Ψ± components.

  31. Λ1=1 Λ12=0.4 Ψ±= Φ±/√N± η=N+/N- =1 =0.6 =0.4

  32. The circular polarization degree If the condensate is elliptically polarized we find a nonuniform distribution of the Polarization in space.

  33. The circular polarization degree at r = 0 Polariton number The polarization changes from circular to elliptical and approaches a linear polarization asymptotically at high polariton number.

  34. Conclusions -We have provided analytical solution for the exciton-polariton condensate formed in a lateral trap semiconductor microcavity. -An absolute estimation of the accuracy ofthe method −3 < Λ < 3

  35. Λ versus the detuning parameter δ Typical Values GaAs N~105-106

  36. We extended the method to find the ground state of the condensate in a magnetic field

  37. -Validity of the method

  38. THANKS

  39. PRL. 86, 4447 (2001)

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