Continuous THz emission from dipolaritons

TL;DR

This paper introduces a novel scheme for continuous, tunable THz emission using dipolaritons, enabling stable, controllable THz radiation through multistability and parametric instability under CW pumping.

Contribution

It presents a new method for generating tunable THz emission via dipolaritons, including analysis of multistability, stability, and dynamic switching mechanisms.

Findings

Achieved continuous, tunable THz emission in a single-crystal device.

Identified conditions for multistability and parametric instability.

Demonstrated dynamic switching between emission phases.

Abstract

We propose a scheme of continuous tunable THz emission based on dipolaritons --- mixtures of strongly interacting cavity photons and direct excitons, where the latter are coupled to indirect excitons via tunnelling. We investigate the property of multistability under continuous wave (CW) pumping, and the stability of the solutions. We establish the conditions of parametric instability, giving rise to oscillations in density between the direct exciton and indirect modes under CW pumping. In this way we achieve continuous and tunable emission in the THz range in a compact single-crystal device. We show that the emission frequency can be tuned in a certain range by varying an applied electric field and pumping conditions. Finally, we demonstrate the dynamic switching between different phases in our system, allowing rapid control of THz radiation.