Spin rings in bi-stable planar semiconductor microcavities

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2010-07-21

arxiv.org/abs/1007.3575v1

Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 216403 (2010)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

5 pages, 4 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.216403

A unique feature of exciton-polaritons, inherited from their mixed light-matter origin, is the strongly spin-dependent polariton-polariton interaction, which has been predicted to result in the formation of spin rings in real space [Shelykh et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 116401 (2008)]. Here we experimentally demonstrate the spin bi-stability of exciton-polaritons in an InGaAs-based semiconductor microcavity under resonant optical pumping. We observe the formation of spin rings whose size can be finely controlled in a spatial scale down to the micrometer range, much smaller than the spot size. We additionally evaluate the sign and magnitude of the antiparallel polariton spin interaction constant.

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