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Coherence dynamics and quantum-to-classical crossover in an exciton-cavity system in the quantum strong coupling regime

Kasprzak, J., Sivalertporn, K., Albert, F., Schneider, C., Hoefling, S., Kamp, M., Forchel, A., Reitzenstein, S., Muljarov, Egor A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2878-4148 and Langbein, Wolfgang Werner ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9786-1023 2013. Coherence dynamics and quantum-to-classical crossover in an exciton-cavity system in the quantum strong coupling regime. New Journal of Physics 15 , 045013. 10.1088/1367-2630/15/4/045013

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Abstract

Interaction between light and matter generates optical nonlinearities, which are particularly pronounced in the quantum strong coupling regime. When a single bosonic mode couples to a single fermionic mode, a Jaynes–Cummings (JC) ladder is formed, which we realize here using cavity photons and quantum dot excitons. We measure and model the coherent anharmonic response of this strongly coupled exciton–cavity system at resonance. Injecting two photons into the cavity, we demonstrate a $\sqrt {2}$ larger polariton splitting with respect to the vacuum Rabi splitting. This is achieved using coherent nonlinear spectroscopy, specifically four-wave mixing, where the coherence between the ground state and the first (second) rung of the JC ladder can be interrogated for positive (negative) delays. With increasing excitation intensity and thus rising average number of injected photons, we observe spectral signatures of the quantum-to-classical crossover of the strong coupling regime.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Physics and Astronomy
Subjects: Q Science > QC Physics
Publisher: Institute of Physics (IoP) and Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft
ISSN: 1367-2630
Date of First Compliant Deposit: 30 March 2016
Last Modified: 04 May 2023 22:55
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/53113

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