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Theory of the angle-resonant polariton amplifier

Benoît Marie Joseph Deveaud, Cristiano Ciuti
2000
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Abstract

A microscopic theory is presented for the giant amplification from microcavities in the strong exciton-photon coupling regime, providing excellent agreement with recent angle-resolved pump-probe experiments. The analytical and numerical solutions give insight into the physics of the polariton parametric amplifier. The coherent gain, due to polariton four-wave-mixing, has a threshold dependence on the pump power and is spectrally blueshifted from the lower polariton energy. The gain shift does not depend on the power, but on the unperturbed polariton linewidth.

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Benoît Marie Joseph Deveaud, Cristiano Ciuti
2000
Journal Articles

Abstract

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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/entities/publication/f5a46273-6578-4116-aad2-354503e56cf5

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