An Ultrafast Electrical and Optical Excitation System for Research on Polaritons in Hybrid Cavities for Scalable Quantum Photonics

Abstract

In this DURIP program, we have acquired the equipment to have assembled a versatile system for ultrafast optical and electrical modulation and excitation of semiconductor polaritons (half-light half-matter particles in semiconductor microcavities), for the research of nonlinear and quantum photonic phenomena and novel photonics devices based on coherent matter-waves. The full system consists of three major parts that are integrated together: cryogenic systems with custom-designed sample chambers and sample holders to allow optical access, electrical control, and required thermal and mechanical stability, an ultrafast electrical system with capability of ultrafast electrical excitations with >10 GHz bandwidth and less than 10 ps jitter, and an ultrafast pulsed optical excitation and detection system. The complete integrated system enables versatile excitation and measurement capabilities unavailable before at Michigan for the microcavity polariton based quantum photonics.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 15, 2018
Accession Number
AD1057723

Entities

People

  • Hui Deng

Organizations

  • University of Michigan

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Commercial Equipment
  • Cryostats
  • Detection
  • Electronic Mail
  • Excitation
  • Frequency
  • Generators
  • High Temperature
  • Integrated Systems
  • Intellectual Property
  • Measurement
  • Michigan
  • Photonics
  • Pulse Generators
  • Semiconductors

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Quantum Dot Semiconductor Device Photonics and Graphene Optoelectronic Materials and THz Physics.
  • Software Engineering

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems
  • Quantum Computing