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Published on: November 30, 2012
Optomechanics with cavity polaritons: dissipative coupling and unconventional bistability
O Kyriienko1, T C H Liew2, I A Shelykh1
1Science Institute, University of Iceland, Dunhagi-3, IS-107 Reykjavik, Iceland and Division of Physics and Applied Physics, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637371, Singapore.
Abstract:
We study a hybrid system formed from an optomechanical resonator and a cavity mode strongly coupled to an excitonic transition inside a quantum well. We show that due to the mixing of cavity photon and exciton states, the emergent quasiparticles-polaritons-possess coupling to the mechanical mode of both a dispersive and dissipative nature. We calculate the occupancies of polariton modes and reveal bistable behavior, which deviates from conventional Kerr nonlinearity or dispersive coupling cases due to the dissipative coupling. The described system serves as a good candidate for future polaritonic devices.
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