Optical bistability in semiconductor microcavities in the nondegenerate parametric oscillation regime: Analogy with the optical parametric oscillator

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作者：

Baas, A

Karr, JP

Romanelli, M

Bramati, A

Giacobino, E

机构：

[1] Univ Paris 06, Lab Kastler Brossel, Ecole Normale Super, F-75252 Paris 05, France

[2] Univ Paris 06, CNRS, F-75252 Paris 05, France

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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 2004年 / 70卷 / 16期

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10.1103/PhysRevB.70.161307

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T [工业技术];

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08 ;

摘要：

We report the observation of optical bistability in a microcavity pumped resonantly close to the inflection point of the lower polariton dispersion. Experimental evidence is given in the form of a hysteresis cycle of the nonlinear emission as a function of the pump intensity or the position of the excitation spot. The results can be well understood with simple theoretical considerations that underline the fundamental analogy between our system and an optical parametric oscillator.

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