Narrow-linewidth exciton-polariton laser

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Main Authors: Fabricante, Bianca Rae, Król, Mateusz, Wurdack, Matthias, Pieczarka, Maciej, Steger, Mark, Snoke, David W., West, Kenneth, Pfeiffer, Loren N., Truscott, Andrew G., Ostrovskaya, Elena A., Estrecho, Eliezer
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author Fabricante, Bianca Rae
Król, Mateusz
Wurdack, Matthias
Pieczarka, Maciej
Steger, Mark
Snoke, David W.
West, Kenneth
Pfeiffer, Loren N.
Truscott, Andrew G.
Ostrovskaya, Elena A.
Estrecho, Eliezer
author_facet Fabricante, Bianca Rae
Król, Mateusz
Wurdack, Matthias
Pieczarka, Maciej
Steger, Mark
Snoke, David W.
West, Kenneth
Pfeiffer, Loren N.
Truscott, Andrew G.
Ostrovskaya, Elena A.
Estrecho, Eliezer
contents Exciton-polariton laser is a promising source of coherent light for low-energy applications due to its low-threshold operation. However, a detailed experimental study of its spectral purity, which directly affects its coherence properties is still missing. Here}, we present a high-resolution spectroscopic investigation of the energy and linewidth of an exciton-polariton laser in the single-mode regime, which derives its coherent emission from an optically pumped and confined exciton-polariton condensate. We report an ultra-narrow linewidth of 56~MHz or 0.24~$μ$eV, corresponding to a coherence time of 5.7~ns. The narrow linewidth is consistently achieved by using an exciton-polariton condensate with a high photonic content confined in an optically induced trap. Contrary to previous studies, we show that the excitonic reservoir created by the pump and responsible for creating the trap does not strongly affect the emission linewidth as long as the condensate is trapped and the pump power is well above the condensation (lasing) threshold. \red{The long coherence time of the exciton-polariton system uncovered here opens up opportunities for manipulating its macroscopic quantum state, which is essential for applications in classical and quantum computing.
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spellingShingle Narrow-linewidth exciton-polariton laser
Fabricante, Bianca Rae
Król, Mateusz
Wurdack, Matthias
Pieczarka, Maciej
Steger, Mark
Snoke, David W.
West, Kenneth
Pfeiffer, Loren N.
Truscott, Andrew G.
Ostrovskaya, Elena A.
Estrecho, Eliezer
Optics
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Quantum Gases
Exciton-polariton laser is a promising source of coherent light for low-energy applications due to its low-threshold operation. However, a detailed experimental study of its spectral purity, which directly affects its coherence properties is still missing. Here}, we present a high-resolution spectroscopic investigation of the energy and linewidth of an exciton-polariton laser in the single-mode regime, which derives its coherent emission from an optically pumped and confined exciton-polariton condensate. We report an ultra-narrow linewidth of 56~MHz or 0.24~$μ$eV, corresponding to a coherence time of 5.7~ns. The narrow linewidth is consistently achieved by using an exciton-polariton condensate with a high photonic content confined in an optically induced trap. Contrary to previous studies, we show that the excitonic reservoir created by the pump and responsible for creating the trap does not strongly affect the emission linewidth as long as the condensate is trapped and the pump power is well above the condensation (lasing) threshold. \red{The long coherence time of the exciton-polariton system uncovered here opens up opportunities for manipulating its macroscopic quantum state, which is essential for applications in classical and quantum computing.
title Narrow-linewidth exciton-polariton laser
topic Optics
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Quantum Gases
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.18354