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Coherent and incoherent dynamics of excitons in semiconductor microcavities

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Il Nuovo Cimento D

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We have investigated the dynamics of impulsively excited planar microcavities in the strongly couple regime. With resonant, coherent excitation, the emitted light shows vacuum-Rabi oscillations and a lifetime corresponding to twice the cavity lifetime. As the light intensity is increased, the exciton bleaching leads to reduced normal-mode splitting. The role of interface disorder on the dynamic splitting is discussed. Coherence transfer in exciton-exciton scattering is observed. Off-resonant excitation leads to long lifetimes limited by scattering into the radiatively coupled states of the exciton-cavity system.

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  1. D. S. Citrin

    Present address: Department of Physics, Washington State University, 99164-2814, Pullman, WA, USA

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  1. Center for Ultrafast Optical Science, University of Michigan, 2200 Bonisteel Blvd., 48109-2099, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    T. B. Norris, J. K. Rhee & D. S. Citrin

  2. Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo, 7-22-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, 153, Tokyo, Japan

    M. Nishioka & Y. Arakawa

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Norris, T.B., Rhee, J.K., Citrin, D.S. et al. Coherent and incoherent dynamics of excitons in semiconductor microcavities. Il Nuovo Cimento D 17, 1295–1303 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02457201

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