Nonreciprocal transport of exciton polaritons in a non-Hermitian chain

S Mandal, R Banerjee, EA Ostrovskaya, TCH Liew - Physical Review Letters, 2020 - APS
We consider exciton polaritons in a zigzag chain of coupled elliptical micropillars subjected
to incoherent excitation. The driven-dissipative nature of the system along with the naturally …

Polarized and Unpolarized Emission from a Single Emitter in a Bullseye Resonator

G Peniakov, Q Buchinger, M Helal… - Laser & Photonics …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Polarized| S|= 0.99±0.01 |S|=0.99±0.01, and unpolarized| S|= 0.03±0.01
|S|=0.03±0.01 emission from a single emitter embedded in a single, cylindrically symmetric …

From the topological spin-Hall effect to the non-Hermitian skin effect in an elliptical micropillar chain

S Mandal, R Banerjee, TCH Liew - ACS Photonics, 2022 - ACS Publications
The topological spin-Hall effect causes different spins to propagate in opposite directions
based on Hermitian physics. The non-Hermitian skin effect causes the localization of a large …

Highly indistinguishable single photons from incoherently excited quantum dots

M Reindl, JH Weber, D Huber, C Schimpf… - Physical Review B, 2019 - APS
Semiconductor quantum dots with dimensions exceeding the free-exciton Bohr radius are
appealing because of their high oscillator strengths. While this property has received much …

Surface Acoustic Wave Cavity Optomechanics with Atomically Thin -BN and Single-Photon Emitters

SD Patel, K Parto, M Choquer, N Lewis, S Umezawa… - PRX Quantum, 2024 - APS
Surface acoustic waves (SAWs) are a versatile tool for coherently interfacing with a variety of
solid-state quantum systems spanning microwave to optical frequencies, including …

Polarized room-temperature polariton lasing in elliptical microcavities filled with fluorescent proteins

C Bennenhei, M Struve, S Stephan, N Kunte… - Optical Materials …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Organic exciton-polaritons, which arise from the strong light-matter coupling between
excitons in organic molecules and cavity photons, have emerged as a versatile platform for …

Low-threshold surface-emitting whispering-gallery mode microlasers

A Babichev, I Makhov… - IEEE Journal of …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We report on microlasers based on high-quality micropillars with whispering-gallery modes
lasing. The use of low-absorbing Al0. 2Ga0. 8As/Al0. 9Ga0. 1As distributed Bragg reflectors …

Non-Hermitian topological exciton-polariton corner modes

X Xu, R Bao, TCH Liew - Physical Review B, 2022 - APS
Non-Hermitian topological corner modes can be formed in exciton-polariton lattices under
nonresonant pumping. Signals propagating in the bulk of the system can travel around …

Brillouin Scattering Selection Rules in Polarization-Sensitive Photonic Resonators

A Rodriguez, P Priya, ER Cardozo de Oliveira… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Spontaneous Brillouin scattering in bulk crystalline solids is governed by the intrinsic
selection rules locking the relative polarization of the excitation laser and the Brillouin signal …

All-optical linear-polarization engineering in single and coupled exciton-polariton condensates

I Gnusov, H Sigurdsson, JD Töpfer, S Baryshev… - Physical Review …, 2021 - APS
We demonstrate all-optical linear-polarization control in semiconductor microcavities using
an exciton-polariton condensate in an elliptically shaped optical trap. The microcavity …