Microcavity polariton splitting of intersubband transitions

Phys Rev Lett. 2003 Mar 21;90(11):116401. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.116401. Epub 2003 Mar 18.

Abstract

The optical response of the intersubband excitation of multiple two-dimensional electron gases within a semiconductor microcavity has been studied through angle-dependent reflectance measurements. Using a resonator based on total internal reflection, a clear splitting of about 14 meV of the coupled intersubband cavity modes is observed from 10 K to room temperature, with resulting polaritonlike dispersion. The experimental findings are in good agreement with theoretical calculations performed in a transfer-matrix formalism.