Terahertz radiation of microcavity dipolaritons

We propose the use of dipolaritons-quantum well excitons with a large dipole moment, coupled to a planar microcavity-for generating terahertz (THz) radiation. This is achieved by exciting the system with two THz detuned lasers that leads to dipole moment oscillations of the exciton polariton at the...

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Published in:Optics letters 2019-09, Vol.44 (17), p.4339-4342
Main Authors: Seedhouse, A, Wilkes, J, Kulakovskii, V D, Muljarov, E A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Dipole moments
Embedded systems
Emission
Excitons
Polaritons
Quantum wells
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Summary:We propose the use of dipolaritons-quantum well excitons with a large dipole moment, coupled to a planar microcavity-for generating terahertz (THz) radiation. This is achieved by exciting the system with two THz detuned lasers that leads to dipole moment oscillations of the exciton polariton at the detuning frequency, thus generating a THz emission. We have optimized the structural parameters of a system with microcavity embedded AlGaAs double quantum wells and shown that the THz emission intensity is maximized if both of the laser frequencies match different dipolariton states. The influence of the electronic tunnel coupling between the wells on the frequency and intensity of the THz radiation is also investigated, demonstrating a trade-off between the polariton dipole moment and the Rabi splitting.
ISSN:0146-9592
1539-4794
DOI:10.1364/OL.44.004339