Skip to main navigation Skip to search Skip to main content

Optical probing of the Coulomb interactions of an electrically pumped polariton condensate

M. Klaas, S. Mandal, T. C. H. Liew, M. Amthor, S. Klembt, L Worschech, C. Schneider, Sven Höfling

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Abstract

We report on optical probing of the Coulomb interactions in an electrically driven exciton-polariton laser. By positioning a weak non-resonant Gaussian continuous wave-beam with a diameter of 2 μm inside an electrical condensate excited in a 20 μm diameter micropillar, we study a repulsion effect which is characteristic of the part-excitonic nature of the microcavity system in strong coupling. It manifests itself in a modified real space distribution of the emission pattern. Furthermore, polariton repulsion results in a continuous blueshift of the emission with increased power of the probe beam. A Gross-Pitaevskii equation approach based on modeling the electrical and optical potentials explains our experimental data.
Original languageEnglish
Article number151103
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume110
Issue number15
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 10 Apr 2017

Keywords

  • Polaritons
  • Exciton mediated interactions
  • Ground states
  • Blue shift
  • Condensation

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Optical probing of the Coulomb interactions of an electrically pumped polariton condensate'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this