TY - JOUR

T1 - Polariton polarization rectifier

AU - Sedov, Evgeny S.

AU - Rubo, Yuri G.

AU - Kavokin , Alexey V.

N1 - Sedov, E.S., Rubo, Y.G. & Kavokin, A.V. Polariton polarization rectifier. Light Sci Appl 8, 79 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41377-019-0189-z

PY - 2019

Y1 - 2019

N2 - We propose a novel photonic device, the polariton polarization rectifier, intended to transform polariton pulses with arbitrary polarization into linearly polarized pulses with controllable orientation of the polarization plane. It is based on the interplay between the orbital motion of the polariton wave packet and the dynamics of the polariton pseudospin governed by the spatially dependent effective magnetic field. The latter is controlled by the TE-TM splitting in a harmonic trap. We show that the unpolarized polariton pulse acquires linear polarization in the course of propagation in a harmonic trap. This gives the considered structure an extra function as a linear polarizer of polariton pulses.

AB - We propose a novel photonic device, the polariton polarization rectifier, intended to transform polariton pulses with arbitrary polarization into linearly polarized pulses with controllable orientation of the polarization plane. It is based on the interplay between the orbital motion of the polariton wave packet and the dynamics of the polariton pseudospin governed by the spatially dependent effective magnetic field. The latter is controlled by the TE-TM splitting in a harmonic trap. We show that the unpolarized polariton pulse acquires linear polarization in the course of propagation in a harmonic trap. This gives the considered structure an extra function as a linear polarizer of polariton pulses.

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U2 - 10.1038/s41377-019-0189-z

DO - 10.1038/s41377-019-0189-z

M3 - Article

VL - 8

JO - Light: Science and Applications

JF - Light: Science and Applications

SN - 2095-5545

IS - 1

M1 - 79

ER -