journal article·2020-03-06Open access

Quantum Many-Body Theory for Exciton-Polaritons in Semiconductor Mie Resonators in the Non-Equilibrium

Andreas Lubatsch, Regine Frank

Applied Sciences· Volume 10· Issue 5

Abstract

We implement externally excited ZnO Mie resonators in a framework of a generalized Hubbard Hamiltonian to investigate the lifetimes of excitons and exciton-polaritons out of thermodynamical equilibrium. Our results are derived by a Floquet-Keldysh-Green’s formalism with Dynamical Mean Field Theory (DMFT) and a second order iterative perturbation theory solver (IPT). We find that the Fano resonance which originates from coupling of the continuum of electronic density of states to the semiconductor Mie resonator yields polaritons with lifetimes between 0.6 ps and 1.45 ps. These results are compared to ZnO polariton lasers and to ZnO random lasers. We interpret the peaks of the exciton-polariton lifetimes in our results as a sign of gain narrowing which may lead to stable polariton lasing modes in the single excited ZnO Mie resonator. This form of gain may lead to polariton random lasing in an ensemble of ZnO Mie resonators in the non-equilibrium.
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Research context

OpenAlex topics: Strong Light-Matter Interactions · Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices · Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research

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Affiliations

Georg-Simon-Ohm University of Applied Sciences, Keßlerplatz 12, 90489 Nürnberg, Germany

Bell Labs, 600 Mountain Ave., Murray Hill, NJ 07974, USA

Serin Physics Laboratory, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University, 136 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8019, USA

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