Photocurrent of exciton polaritons

Abstract

We study photocurrent of exciton polaritons in inversion broken systems. We use an effective Hamiltonian and Green's function approaches to deduce the formula for polariton photocurrent. The obtained formula shows the polariton photocurrent is proportional to the polariton density and shows opposite signs for the upper and lower branches. Nonvanishing polariton photocurrent requires time reversal symmetry breaking in addition to inversion symmetry breaking. We show that exciton states in transition metal dichalcogenides such as MoS${}_2$ support polariton photocurrent once we break time reversal symmetry by applying magnetic fields or using photons with circular polarization. We also perform a simulation based on a rate equation and study a time profile of polariton photocurrent after pulse excitation, which indicates that the photocurrent provides a useful nonlinear probe to study nonequilibrium dynamics of exciton polaritons.

arXiv comment10 pages, 5 figures

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