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Polarization and depolarization in scattering of cavity polaritons

Source: Phys. Rev. B 80, 115328 (2009); doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.80.115328

Published 29 September 2009

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Keywords
PACS
  • 71.36.+c
    Polaritons
  • 42.65.-k
    Nonlinear optics
  • 03.67.Mn
    Entanglement measures, witnesses, and other characterizations (quantum information)
  • YEAR: 2009
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Tomas Ostatnicky,1 Dean Read,1 and Alexey V. Kavokin1,2
1School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom
2Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita di Roma II, 1 via della Ricerca Scientifica, Roma 00133, Italy
We consider theoretically the elastic scattering of two exciton polaritons having opposite wave vectors in a planar microcavity. We derive the scattering amplitudes accounting for the vector polarization of polaritons and the interference of different scattering channels. We obtain a nontrivial dependence of the scattering amplitudes and the polarizations on the scattering angle and polarization of initial states. Generation of polariton spin currents as a result of scattering of linearly polarized polaritons is predicted. We also describe depolarization of exciton polaritons due to their scattering and show that it may be complete in certain scattering directions. This analysis provides a basis for engineering of spin- and electric field-sensitive optical logic gates based on exciton polaritons. ©2009 The American Physical Society
History: Received 28 January 2009; revised 15 August 2009; published 29 September 2009
Permalink: http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRB/v80/e115328

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