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Nature Photonics 3, 135 - 136 (2009)
doi:10.1038/nphoton.2009.17
Optical switching: Polariton diode microcavities
Alexey Kavokin1
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Alexey Kavokin is at the Dipartimento di Fisica, University of Rome II "Tor Vergata", and at the Physics and Astronomy School of the University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK.
e-mail: alexey@phys.soton.ac.uk
Abstract
A transition between strong and weak coupling regimes in a polariton diode microcavity yields optically controlled switching of current. Researchers show bistable cycles for optical powers two to three orders of magnitude less than typical schemes.
