Evolution of temporal coherence in confined exciton-polariton condensates

M. Klaas; H. Flayac; M. Amthor; I. G. Savenko; S. Brodbeck; T. Ala-Nissila; S. Klembt; C. Schneider; Sven Höfling

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.017401

Evolution of temporal coherence in confined exciton-polariton condensates

M. Klaas, H. Flayac, M. Amthor, I. G. Savenko, S. Brodbeck, T. Ala-Nissila, S. Klembt, C. Schneider, Sven Höfling

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We study the influence of spatial confinement on the second-order temporal coherence of the emission from a semiconductor microcavity in the strong coupling regime. Provided by etched micropillars, the confinement has a favorable impact on the temporal coherence of solid state quasi-condensates that evolve in our device above threshold. By fitting the experimental data with a microscopic quantum theory based on a quantum jump approach, we scrutinize the influence of pump power and confinement and find that phonon-mediated transitions are enhanced in the case of a confined structure, in which the modes split into a discrete set. By increasing the pump power beyond the condensation threshold, temporal coherence significantly improves in devices with increased spatial confinement, as revealed in the transition from thermal to coherent statistics of the emitted light.

Original language	English
Article number	017401
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	120
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.017401
Publication status	Published - 5 Jan 2018

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Evolution of temporal coherence in confined exciton-polariton condensates

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