{
  "id": "1309.6344",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2013-09-24T20:55:15.000Z",
  "updated": "2013-09-24T20:55:15.000Z",
  "title": "Motion of spin polariton bullets in semiconductor microcavities",
  "authors": [
    "C. Adrados",
    "T. C. H. Liew",
    "M. D. Martin",
    "A. Amo",
    "D. Sanvitto",
    "C. Anton",
    "E. Giacobino",
    "A. Kavokin",
    "A. Bramati",
    "L. Vina"
  ],
  "comment": "5 pages, 4 figures",
  "journal": "Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 146402 (2011)",
  "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.146402",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.mes-hall"
  ],
  "abstract": "The dynamics of optical switching in semiconductor microcavities in the strong coupling regime is studied using time- and spatially-resolved spectroscopy. The switching is triggered by polarised short pulses which create spin bullets of high polariton density. The spin packets travel with speeds of the order of 106 m/s due to the ballistic propagation and drift of exciton-polaritons from high to low density areas. The speed is controlled by the angle of incidence of the excitation beams, which changes the polariton group velocity.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2013-09-24T20:55:15.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "subjects": [
      "71.36.+c",
      "71.35.Gg",
      "78.67.De"
    ],
    "keywords": [
      "spin polariton bullets",
      "semiconductor microcavities",
      "polariton group velocity",
      "low density areas",
      "spin packets travel"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "publisher": "APS",
      "journal": "Physical Review Letters",
      "year": 2011,
      "month": "Sep",
      "volume": 107,
      "number": 14,
      "pages": 146402
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 5,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "adsabs": "2011PhRvL.107n6402A"
    }
  }
}