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dc.contributor.authorSchneider, C
dc.contributor.authorWinkler, K
dc.contributor.authorFraser, M D
dc.contributor.authorKamp, M
dc.contributor.authorYamamoto, Y
dc.contributor.authorOstrovskaya, E A
dc.contributor.authorHöfling, Sven
dc.date.accessioned2017-11-15T00:33:27Z
dc.date.available2017-11-15T00:33:27Z
dc.date.issued2017-01
dc.identifier.citationSchneider , C , Winkler , K , Fraser , M D , Kamp , M , Yamamoto , Y , Ostrovskaya , E A & Höfling , S 2017 , ' Exciton-polariton trapping and potential landscape engineering ' , Reports on Progress in Physics , vol. 80 , no. 1 , 016503 . https://doi.org/10.1088/0034-4885/80/1/016503en
dc.identifier.issn0034-4885
dc.identifier.otherPURE: 244440844
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dc.identifier.otherScopus: 85006992078
dc.identifier.otherWOS: 000388607300001
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/12092
dc.description.abstractExciton-polaritons in semiconductor microcavities have become a model system for the studies of dynamical Bose-Einstein condensation, macroscopic coherence, many-body effects, nonclassical states of light and matter, and possibly quantum phase transitions in a solid state. These low-mass bosonic quasiparticles can condense at comparatively high temperatures up to 300 K, and preserve the fundamental properties of the condensate, such as coherence in space and time domain, even when they are out of equilibrium with the environment. Although the presence of an in-plane confining potential is not strictly necessary in order to observe Bose-Einstein condensation, engineering of the polariton confinement is a key to controlling, shaping, and directing the flow of polaritons. Prototype polaritonbased optoelectronic devices rely on ultrafast photon-like velocities and strong nonlinearities exhibited by polaritons, as well as on their tailored confinement. Nanotechnology provides several pathways to achieving polariton confinement, and the specific features and advantages of different methods are discussed in this review. Being hybrid exciton-photon quasiparticles, polaritons can be trapped via their excitonic as well as photonic component, which leads to a wide choice of highly complementary trapping techniques. Here we highlight the almost free choice of the confinement strengths and trapping geometries that provide powerful means for control and manipulation of the polariton systems both in the semi-classical and quantum regimes. Furthermore, the possibilities to observe effects of the polariton blockade, Mott insulator physics, and population of higher-order energy bands in sophisticated lattice potentials are discussed. Observation of such effects could lead to realization of novel polaritonic non-classical light sources and quantum simulators.
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dc.language.isoeng
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dc.rights© 2016, IOP Publishing Ltd. This work is made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created, accepted version manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at iopscience.iop.org / https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0034-4885/80/1/016503en
dc.subjectExcitonsen
dc.subjectPolaritonsen
dc.subjectLight-matter couplingen
dc.subjectSemiconductorsen
dc.subjectQuantum opticsen
dc.subjectMicrocavitiesen
dc.subjectBose-Einstein condensationen
dc.subjectQB Astronomyen
dc.subjectQC Physicsen
dc.subjectTK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineeringen
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dc.subject.lccQCen
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dc.titleExciton-polariton trapping and potential landscape engineeringen
dc.typeJournal itemen
dc.description.versionPostprinten
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Physics and Astronomyen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Condensed Matter Physicsen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1088/0034-4885/80/1/016503
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.date.embargoedUntil2017-11-14


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