Controlling the polarization state of confined photon modes in photonic wires by a magnetic field

✍ Scribed by S.G. Tikhodeev; N.A. Gippius

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 124 KB
• Volume: 7
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1386-9477
• DOI: 10.1016/s1386-9477(99)00405-1

✦ Synopsis

We analyze theoretically the evolution of conÿned photonic modes in laterally structured one-dimensional semiconductor microcavities (photonic wires) in a magnetic ÿeld. We show that with the increase of magnetic ÿeld the polarization state of the conÿned photonic modes in photonic wires can be changed from linear to circular, due to the interaction of conÿned photons with Zeeman split-o optically active excitons in the QW layer (resonant interaction) or in microcavity bulk (o -resonant interaction). This e ect may be of potential interest for optoelectronics.