Nonadiabatic switching of a photonic band structure: Ultrastrong light-matter coupling and slow-down of light

Porer, M. and Menard, Jean-Michel and Leitenstorfer, A. and Huber, Rupert and Degl'Innocenti, R. and Zanotto, S. and Biasiol, G. and Sorba, L. and Tredicucci, A. (2012) Nonadiabatic switching of a photonic band structure: Ultrastrong light-matter coupling and slow-down of light. PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 85 (8): 081302. ISSN 2469-9950, 2469-9969

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Abstract

We map out the band structure of a one-dimensional photonic crystal while a 12-fs control pulse activates ultrastrong interaction with quantized electronic transitions in semiconductor quantum wells. Phase-locked multi-terahertz transients trace the buildup of a large vacuum Rabi splitting and an unexpected asymmetric formation of the upper and lower polariton bands. The pronounced flattening of the photonic bands causes a slow-down of the group velocity by one order of magnitude on the time scale of the oscillation period of light.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: EXCITON POLARITONS; WAVE-GUIDES; CONDENSATION; MICROCAVITY; CRYSTALS;
Subjects: 500 Science > 530 Physics
Divisions: Physics > Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics > Chair Professor Huber > Group Rupert Huber
Depositing User: Dr. Gernot Deinzer
Date Deposited: 19 May 2020 09:08
Last Modified: 19 May 2020 09:08
URI: https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/19245

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