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Published on: November 1, 2013
Magnetic control of dipolaritons in quantum dots
J S Rojas-Arias1, B A Rodríguez2, H Vinck-Posada1
1Departamento de Física, Universidad Nacional de Colombia-Sede Bogotá, Facultad de Ciencias, Grupo de Óptica e Información Cuántica, Carrera 45 No. 26-85, C.P. 111321, Bogotá, Colombia.
Abstract:
Dipolaritons are quasiparticles that arise in coupled quantum wells embedded in a microcavity, they are a superposition of a photon, a direct exciton and an indirect exciton. We propose the existence of dipolaritons in a system of two coupled quantum dots inside a microcavity in direct analogy with the quantum well case and find that, despite some similarities, dipolaritons in quantum dots have different properties and can lead to true dark polariton states. We use a finite system theory to study the effects of the magnetic field on the system, including the emission, and find that it can be used as a control parameter of the properties of excitons and dipolaritons, and the overall magnetic behaviour of the structure.
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