2006/12/29 by N. A. Gippius, I. A. Shelykh, D. D. Solnyshkov +5 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #cond-mat.other
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.98.236401
4 pages, 3 figures
arxiv created 2006/12/29 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01
New effects of polarization multistability and polarization hysteresis in a coherently driven polariton condensate in a semiconductor microcavity are predicted and theoretically analyzed. The multistability arises due to polarization-dependent polariton-polariton interactions and can be revealed in polarization resolved photoluminescence experiments. The pumping power required to observe this effect is of 4 orders of magnitude lower than the characteristic pumping power in conventional bistable optical systems.