Stimulated scattering and its dynamics in semiconductor microcavities at 80 K under nonresonant excitation conditions

Antigoni Alexandrou (1, 2) , G. Bianchi (2) , Emmanuel Peronne (2) , B. Hallé (3) , F. Boeuf (3) , R. André (3) , R. Romestain (3) , Le Si Dang (3)

1 LOB - Laboratoire d'optique et biosciences
2 LOA - Laboratoire d'optique appliquée
3 LSP - Laboratoire de Spectrométrie Physique

We have observed stimulated scattering in a II-VI microcavity at 80 K under nonresonant excitation conditions. This stimulated scattering manifests itself through probe amplification in a pump-probe reflectivity experiment and through a highly nonlinear emission at an energy corresponding to a k? ? 0 state on the lower polariton branch. We were able to follow the onset and decline of stimulated scattering by measuring the temporal evolution of the probe amplification.

Domains: Optics [physics.optics]

Antigoni Alexandrou, G. Bianchi, Emmanuel Peronne, B. Hallé, F. Boeuf, et al.. Stimulated scattering and its dynamics in semiconductor microcavities at 80 K under nonresonant excitation conditions. Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics (1998-2015), 2001, 64 (23), pp.2333181. ⟨10.1103/PhysRevB.64.233318⟩. ⟨hal-00837037⟩