POLARIZATION DEPENDENCE OF EXCITONIC-POLARITON PROPAGATION IN A GAAS QUANTUM-WELL WAVE-GUIDE

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OGAWA, K
KATSUYAMA, T
NAKAMURA, H
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[1] Central Research Laboratory, Hitachi Limited, Tokyo 185, Kokubunji
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.64.796
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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Anisotropic propagation of excitonic polaritons in GaAs single-quantum-well waveguide structures is evidenced by means of time-of-flight measurements. This anisotropy suggests that the depolarization effect of two-dimensional excitons enhances the polariton propagation. The observed optical nonlinearity of the group velocity supports the existence of polaritons and reflects the effect of a polariton-polariton interaction on their propagation. © 1990 The American Physical Society.
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