Emergence of quantum correlations from interacting fibre-cavity polaritons

Over the past decade, exciton-polaritons in semiconductor microcavities have revealed themselves as one of the richest realizations of a light-based quantum fluid1, subject to fascinating new physics and potential applications2-6. For instance, in the regime of large two-body interactions, polaritons can be used to manipulate the quantum properties of a light field7-9. In this work, we report on the emergence of quantum correlations in laser light transmitted through a fibre-cavity polariton system. We observe a dispersive shape of the autocorrelation function around the polariton resonance that indicates the onset of this regime. The weak amplitude of these correlations indicates a state that still remains far from a low-photon-number state. Nonetheless, given the underlying physical mechanism7, our work opens up the prospect of eventually using polaritons to turn laser light into single photons.

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CommentOn: Nat Mater. 2019 Mar;18(3):219-222. - PMID 30783230

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E-Artikel

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2019

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2019

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:18

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Nature materials - 18(2019), 3 vom: 19. März, Seite 213-218

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Englisch

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Muñoz-Matutano, Guillermo [VerfasserIn]
Wood, Andrew [VerfasserIn]
Johnsson, Mattias [VerfasserIn]
Vidal, Xavier [VerfasserIn]
Baragiola, Ben Q [VerfasserIn]
Reinhard, Andreas [VerfasserIn]
Lemaître, Aristide [VerfasserIn]
Bloch, Jacqueline [VerfasserIn]
Amo, Alberto [VerfasserIn]
Nogues, Gilles [VerfasserIn]
Besga, Benjamin [VerfasserIn]
Richard, Maxime [VerfasserIn]
Volz, Thomas [VerfasserIn]

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Date Completed 29.04.2019

Date Revised 05.11.2019

published: Print-Electronic

CommentOn: Nat Mater. 2019 Mar;18(3):219-222. - PMID 30783230

Citation Status MEDLINE

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10.1038/s41563-019-0281-z

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NLM294084487