Exciton-polaritons in GaAs-based slab waveguide photonic crystals

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Abstract

We report the observation of bandgaps for low loss exciton-polaritons propagating outside the light cone in GaAs-based planar waveguides patterned into two-dimensional photonic crystals. By etching square lattice arrays of shallow holes into the uppermost layer of our structure, we open gaps on the order of 10 meV in the photonic mode dispersion, whose size and light-matter composition can be tuned by proximity to the strongly coupled exciton resonance. We demonstrate gaps ranging from almost fully photonic to highly excitonic. Opening a gap in the exciton-dominated part of the polariton spectrum is a promising first step toward the realization of quantum-Hall-like states arising from topologically nontrivial hybridization of excitons and photons.

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Whittaker, C. E., Isoniemi, T., Lovett, S., Walker, P. M., Kolodny, S., Kozin, V., … Krizhanovskii, D. N. (2021). Exciton-polaritons in GaAs-based slab waveguide photonic crystals. Applied Physics Letters, 119(18). https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0071248

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