We show theoretically that an open-dissipative polariton condensate confined
within a trapping potential and driven by an incoherent pumping scheme gives
rise to bistability between odd and even modes of the potential. Switching from
one state to the other can be controlled via incoherent pulsing which becomes
an important step towards construction of low-powered opto-electronic devices.
The origin of the effect comes from modulational instability between odd and
even states of the trapping potential governed by the nonlinear
polariton-polariton interactions
