Intersubband polariton -- LO phonon interaction in mid-infrared non-dispersive cavities: experimental demonstration of spontaneous scattering and perspectives towards polariton lasing

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Main Authors: Goulain, Paul, Jeannin, Mathieu, Pirotta, Stefano, Bousseksou, Adel, Biasiol, Giorgio, Carusotto, Iacopo, Colombelli, Raffaele, Manceau, Jean-Michel
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author Goulain, Paul
Jeannin, Mathieu
Pirotta, Stefano
Bousseksou, Adel
Biasiol, Giorgio
Carusotto, Iacopo
Colombelli, Raffaele
Manceau, Jean-Michel
author_facet Goulain, Paul
Jeannin, Mathieu
Pirotta, Stefano
Bousseksou, Adel
Biasiol, Giorgio
Carusotto, Iacopo
Colombelli, Raffaele
Manceau, Jean-Michel
contents We report experimental evidence of the interaction between intersubband polaritons and longitudinal optical phonons in non-dispersive mid-infrared cavities, under resonant optical injection. The light emission originating from spontaneous polariton-phonon scattering is observed at a frequency corresponding to an energy shift of one phonon below the pump frequency. Given the extremely low spontaneous scattering rate, we employ a custom-developed quantum mechanical model to numerically demonstrate the feasibility to stimulate such process using a pump-probe scheme. Based on this analysis, we identify a set of experimental conditions under which optical gain may be realized in a mid-infrared intersubband polaritonic system.
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spellingShingle Intersubband polariton -- LO phonon interaction in mid-infrared non-dispersive cavities: experimental demonstration of spontaneous scattering and perspectives towards polariton lasing
Goulain, Paul
Jeannin, Mathieu
Pirotta, Stefano
Bousseksou, Adel
Biasiol, Giorgio
Carusotto, Iacopo
Colombelli, Raffaele
Manceau, Jean-Michel
Optics
We report experimental evidence of the interaction between intersubband polaritons and longitudinal optical phonons in non-dispersive mid-infrared cavities, under resonant optical injection. The light emission originating from spontaneous polariton-phonon scattering is observed at a frequency corresponding to an energy shift of one phonon below the pump frequency. Given the extremely low spontaneous scattering rate, we employ a custom-developed quantum mechanical model to numerically demonstrate the feasibility to stimulate such process using a pump-probe scheme. Based on this analysis, we identify a set of experimental conditions under which optical gain may be realized in a mid-infrared intersubband polaritonic system.
title Intersubband polariton -- LO phonon interaction in mid-infrared non-dispersive cavities: experimental demonstration of spontaneous scattering and perspectives towards polariton lasing
topic Optics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.13843