Coherent, Efficient and Practical Polariton Lasers Using a Designable Cavity

Abstract

Coherence properties are what distinguish a laser from other source of light and what make a laser useful. We have demonstrated a polariton laser with coherence reaching the intrinsic limit of single-mode matter-wave lasers for the first time. We have demonstrated intensity coherence at the shot-noise limit expected of an ideal coherent state and phase coherence revealing interactions within the polariton condensate due to its matter-wave nature. The work was published in Coherent Polariton Laser, Phys. Rev. X 6, 011026 (2016), and was discussed in Focus: Polariton Laser Upgrade, Physics 9, 27 (2016) and Toward a Better Polariton Laser, Optics and Photonics News, March 2016.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 19, 2019
Accession Number
AD1096584

Entities

People

  • Hui Deng

Organizations

  • University of Michigan

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Distributed Bragg Reflectors
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Combs
  • Lasers
  • Optics
  • Photonic Crystals
  • Photonics
  • Polaritons
  • Quantum Wells
  • Scientific Research
  • Semiconductor Lasers
  • Semiconductors
  • Shot Noise
  • Spectra
  • Spectroscopy
  • Wave Mixing

Fields of Study

  • Engineering
  • Physics

Readers

  • Microwave Engineering.
  • Powder metallurgy of Titanium alloys.
  • Quantum spin resonance or Electron Paramagnetic Resonance spectroscopy.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy