Detuning-controlled internal oscillations in an exciton-polariton condensate

TL;DR

This paper theoretically investigates how energy detuning influences internal oscillations in an exciton-polariton condensate, revealing phase oscillations and a transition from Rabi to Josephson-like behaviors.

Contribution

It introduces a theoretical framework showing that energy detuning induces phase oscillations and a crossover in oscillation types in polariton condensates.

Findings

Non-zero detuning causes phase oscillations between photon and exciton condensates.

Different initial conditions lead to diverse oscillation behaviors.

A crossover from Rabi-like to Josephson-like oscillations is predicted.

Abstract

We theoretically analyze exciton-photon oscillatory dynamics within a homogenous polariton gas in presence of energy detuning between the cavity and quantum well modes. Whereas pure Rabi oscillations consist of the particle exchange between the photon and excitons states in the polariton system without any oscillations of the phases of the two sub-condensates, we demonstrate that any non-zero detuning results in oscillations of the relative phase of the photon and exciton macroscopic wave functions. Different initial conditions reveal a variety of behaviors of the relative phase between the two condensates, and a crossover from Rabi-like to Josephson-like oscillations is predicted.