Authors
Marta Galbiati, Lydie Ferrier, Dmitry D Solnyshkov, Dimitrii Tanese, Esther Wertz, Alberto Amo, Pascale Senellart, Isabelle Sagnes, Aristide Lemaitre, Elisabeth Galopin, Guillaume Malpuech, Jacqueline Bloch
Publication date
2011/10/3
Journal
Arxiv preprint arXiv:1110.0359
Description
We report on polariton condensation in photonic molecules formed by two coupled micropillars. We show that the condensation process is strongly affected by the interaction with the cloud of uncondensed excitons and thus strongly depends on the exact localization of these excitons within the molecule. Under symmetric excitation conditions, condensation is triggered on both binding and antibinding polariton states of the molecule. On the opposite, when the excitonic cloud is injected in one of the two pillars, condensation on a metastable state is observed and a total transfer of the condensate into one of the micropillars can be achieved. Our results highlight the crucial role played by relaxation kinetics in the condensation process.
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