Polaritonic spectroscopy of intersubband transitions
arXiv:1212.5134 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.86.125314
Abstract
We report on an extensive experimental study of intersubband excitations in the THz range arising from the coupling between a quantum well and a zero-dimensional metal-metal microcavities. Because of the conceptual simplicity of the resonators we obtain an extremely predictable and controllable system to investigate light-matter interaction. The experimental data is modelled by combining a quantum mechanical approach with an effective medium electromagnetic simulation that allows us to take into account the losses of the system. By comparing our modelling with the data we are able to retrieve microscopic information, such as the electronic populations on different subbands as a function of the temperature. Our modelling approach sets the base of a designer tool for intersubband light-matter coupled systems.
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