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Nonlinear dynamics of polariton scattering in semiconductor microcavity: bistability vs stimulated scattering
We demonstrate experimentally an unusual behavior of the parametric polariton
scattering in semiconductor microcavity under a strong cw resonant excitation.
The maximum of the scattered signal above the threshold of stimulated
parametric scattering does not shift along the microcavity lower polariton
branch with the change of pump detuning or angle of incidence but is stuck
around the normal direction. We show theoretically that such a behavior can be
modelled numerically by a system of Maxwell and nonlinear Schroedinger
equations for cavity polaritons and explained via the competition between the
bistability of a driven nonlinear MC polariton and the instabilities of
parametric polariton-polariton scattering.Comment: 5 pages, 4 Postscript figures; corrected typo
Theory of condensation of indirect excitons in a trap
We present theoretical studies of condensation of indirect excitons in a
trap. Our model quantifies the effect of screening of the trap potential by
indirect excitons on exciton condensation. The theoretical studies are applied
to a system of indirect excitons in a GaAs/AlGaAs coupled quantum well
structure in a diamond-shaped electrostatic trap where exciton condensation was
studied in earlier experiments. The estimated condensation temperature of the
indirect excitons in the trap reaches hundreds of milliKelvin
BaV3O8: A possible Majumdar-Ghosh system with S=1/2
BaV3O8 contains both magnetic V4+(S=1/2) ions and non-magnetic V5+(S=0) ions.
The V4+ ions are arranged in a coupled Majumdar-Ghosh chain like network. Our
magnetic susceptibility chi(T) data fit well with the Curie-Weiss formula in
the temperature range of 80-300K and it yields a Curie constant
C=0.39cm3K/mole-V4+ and an antiferromagnetic Weiss temperature theta=-26K. The
chi(T) curve shows a broad maximum at T~25K indicative of short-range order
(SRO) and an anomaly corresponding to long-range order (LRO) at TN~6K. The
value of the frustration index (f=mod[theta/TN]~5) suggests that the system is
moderately frustrated. Above the LRO temperature the experimental magnetic
susceptibility data match well with the coupled Majumdar-Ghosh chain model with
the ratio of the nnn (next-nearest neighbor) to nn (nearest neighbor) magnetic
coupling alpha=2 and Jnnn/kB=40K. In a mean-field approach when considering the
inter-chain interactions, we obtain the total inter-chain coupling to be about
16K. The LRO anomaly at TN is also observe in the specific heat Cp(T) data and
is not sensitive to an applied magnetic field up to 90kOe. A 51V NMR signal
corresponding to the non-magnetic vanadium was observed. Anomalies at 6K were
observed in the variation with temperature of the 51V NMR linewidth and in the
spin-lattice relaxation rate 1/T1, indicating that they are sensitive to the
LRO onset and fluctuations at the magnetic V sites. The existence of two
components (one short and another long) is observed in the spin-spin relaxation
rate 1/T2 data in the vicinity of TN. The shorter component seems to be
intimately connected with the magnetically ordered state. We suggest that both
magnetically ordered and non-long range ordered (non-LRO) regions coexist in
this compound below the long range ordering temperature.Comment: Accepted in Phys. Rev.
Controlling circular polarization of light emitted by quantum dots using chiral photonic crystal slab
We study the polarization properties of light emitted by quantum dots that
are embedded in chiral photonic crystal structures made of achiral planar GaAs
waveguides. A modification of the electromagnetic mode structure due to the
chiral grating fabricated by partial etching of the wave\-guide layer has been
shown to result in a high circular polarization degree of the quantum
dot emission in the absence of external magnetic field. The physical nature of
the phenomenon can be understood in terms of the reciprocity principle taking
into account the structural symmetry. At the resonance wavelength, the
magnitude of is predicted to exceed 98%. The experimentally achieved
value of % is smaller, which is due to the contribution of
unpolarized light scattered by grating defects, thus breaking its periodicity.
The achieved polarization degree estimated removing the unpolarized nonresonant
background from the emission spectra can be estimated to be as high as 96%,
close to the theoretical prediction
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