Spin rings in bi-stable planar semiconductor microcavities
arXiv:1007.3575 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.216403
Abstract
A unique feature of exciton-polaritons, inherited from their mixed light-matter origin, is the strongly spin-dependent polariton-polariton interaction, which has been predicted to result in the formation of spin rings in real space [Shelykh et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 116401 (2008)]. Here we experimentally demonstrate the spin bi-stability of exciton-polaritons in an InGaAs-based semiconductor microcavity under resonant optical pumping. We observe the formation of spin rings whose size can be finely controlled in a spatial scale down to the micrometer range, much smaller than the spot size. We additionally evaluate the sign and magnitude of the antiparallel polariton spin interaction constant.
5 pages, 4 figures
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