Sub-cycle switching of a photonic bandstructure via ultrastrong light-matter coupling

Phase-locked multi-terahertz transients map out the full photonic bandstructure of a one-dimensional photonic crystal while a 12-fs control pulse activates ultrastrong interaction on a sub-cycle time scale with quantized electronic transitions in semiconductor quantum wells. We trace the build-up dy...

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Main Authors: Sorba L., Biasiol G., Zanotto S., Huber R., Degl'Innocenti R., Leitenstorfer A., Ménard J.–M., Porer M., Tredicucci A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2013-03-01
Series:EPJ Web of Conferences
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20134109009