Control and ultrafast dynamics of a two-fluid polariton switch

Phys Rev Lett. 2012 Dec 28;109(26):266407. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.266407. Epub 2012 Dec 27.

Abstract

We investigate the cross interactions in a two-component polariton quantum fluid coherently driven by two independent pumping lasers tuned at different energies and momenta. We show that both the hysteresis cycles and the on-off threshold of one polariton signal can be entirely controlled by a second polariton fluid. Furthermore, we study the ultrafast switching dynamics of a driven polariton state, demonstrating the ability to control the polariton population with an external laser pulse, in less than a few picoseconds.