An electrically pumped polariton laser

Christian Schneider; Arash Rahimi-Iman; Na Young Kim; Julian Fischer; Ivan G. Savenko; Matthias Amthor; Matthias Lermer; Adriana Wolf; Lukas Worschech; Vladimir D. Kulakovskii; Ivan A. Shelykh; Martin Kamp; Stephan Reitzenstein; Alfred Forchel; Yoshihisa Yamamoto; Sven Höfling

doi:10.1038/nature12036

An electrically pumped polariton laser

Christian Schneider, Arash Rahimi-Iman, Na Young Kim, Julian Fischer, Ivan G. Savenko, Matthias Amthor, Matthias Lermer, Adriana Wolf, Lukas Worschech, Vladimir D. Kulakovskii, Ivan A. Shelykh, Martin Kamp, Stephan Reitzenstein, Alfred Forchel, Yoshihisa Yamamoto, Sven Höfling^*

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Abstract

Conventional semiconductor laser emission relies on stimulated emission of photons, which sets stringent requirements on the minimum amount of energy necessary for its operation. In comparison, exciton-polaritons in strongly coupled quantum well microcavities can undergo stimulated scattering that promises more energy-efficient generation of coherent light by 'polariton lasers'. Polariton laser operation has been demonstrated in optically pumped semiconductor microcavities at temperatures up to room temperature, and such lasers can outperform their weak-coupling counterparts in that they have a lower threshold density. Even though polariton diodes have been realized, electrically pumped polariton laser operation, which is essential for practical applications, has not been achieved until now. Here we present an electrically pumped polariton laser based on a microcavity containing multiple quantum wells. To prove polariton laser emission unambiguously, we apply a magnetic field and probe the hybrid light-matter nature of the polaritons. Our results represent an important step towards the practical implementation of polaritonic light sources and electrically injected condensates, and can be extended to room-temperature operation using wide-bandgap materials.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	348-352
Number of pages	5
Journal	Nature
Volume	497
Issue number	7449
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/nature12036
State	Published - 16 May 2013
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