Optical bistability in electrically driven polariton condensates

• Main Authors: Shelykh, Ivan, Kavokin, A. V., Schneider, C., Höfling, S., Amthor, Matthias, Liew, Timothy Chi Hin, Metzger, C., Brodbeck, S., Worschech, L., Kamp, M.
• Other Authors: School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Physics::Atomic physics::Properties of matter and antimatter
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/79438; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/25176
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

We observe a bistability in an electrically driven polariton condensate, which is manifested by a memory dependent threshold characteristic. In contrast to the polariton bistabilities previously observed in resonantly optically pumped microcavities, our effect occurs under nonresonant electric pumpi...