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

Porer, M. and Ménard, J. M. and Leitenstorfer, A. and Huber, R. and Degl'Innocenti, Riccardo 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 1098-0121

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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:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
Physical review B
Uncontrolled Keywords:
/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3100/3104
Subjects:
?? condensed matter physicselectronic, optical and magnetic materials ??
ID Code:
89515
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Deposited On:
08 Jan 2018 14:42
Refereed?:
Yes
Published?:
Published
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15 Jul 2024 17:25