TY - JOUR
T1 - Low intensity directional switching of light in semiconductor microcavities
AU - Schumacher, Stefan
AU - Kwong, N. H.
AU - Binder, R.
AU - Smir, Arthur L.
PY - 2009/1
Y1 - 2009/1
N2 - Recently it was demonstrated that in atomic vapors weak control beams can manipulate (or switch) the propagation direction of strong light beams [Dawes et al., Science 308, 672 (2005)]. As a semiconductor analog of such all-optical switching, we present a proposal for similar manipulation and switching in planar semiconductor microcavities. Using a microscopic many-particle theory, we investigate the spatiotemporal dynamics of four-wave mixing signals and related instabilities in these systems. Even though the underlying physical processes are different from atomic systems, we find that microcavities allow for reversible directional manipulation of light. © 2009 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH&Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
AB - Recently it was demonstrated that in atomic vapors weak control beams can manipulate (or switch) the propagation direction of strong light beams [Dawes et al., Science 308, 672 (2005)]. As a semiconductor analog of such all-optical switching, we present a proposal for similar manipulation and switching in planar semiconductor microcavities. Using a microscopic many-particle theory, we investigate the spatiotemporal dynamics of four-wave mixing signals and related instabilities in these systems. Even though the underlying physical processes are different from atomic systems, we find that microcavities allow for reversible directional manipulation of light. © 2009 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH&Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
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U2 - 10.1002/pssr.200802200
DO - 10.1002/pssr.200802200
M3 - Article
SN - 1862-6254
VL - 3
SP - 10
EP - 12
JO - Physica Status Solidi - Rapid Research Letters
JF - Physica Status Solidi - Rapid Research Letters
IS - 1
ER -