Polariton path to fully resonant dispersive coupling in optomechanical resonators

Resonant photoelastic coupling opens new perspectives for strongly enhanced light-sound interaction in semiconductor optomechanical resonators. One potential problem, however, is the reduction of the cavity Q factor induced by dissipation when the resonance is approached. We show in this Rapid Commu...

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Autores: Rozas, Guillermo, Bruchhausen, Axel Emerico, Fainstein, Alejandro, Jusserand, B., Lemaître, A.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/37608
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/37608
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Photoelastic Effect
Iii-V Semiconductors
Quantum Wells
Multilayers
Raman
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Sumario:Resonant photoelastic coupling opens new perspectives for strongly enhanced light-sound interaction in semiconductor optomechanical resonators. One potential problem, however, is the reduction of the cavity Q factor induced by dissipation when the resonance is approached. We show in this Rapid Communication through Raman-scattering experiments that cavity-polariton mediation in the light-matter process overcomes this limitation allowing for a strongly enhanced photon-phonon coupling without significant lifetime reduction in the strong-coupling regime. Huge optomechanical coupling factors in the petaHz/nm range are envisaged, three orders of magnitude larger than the backaction produced by the mechanical displacement of the cavity mirrors.