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arxiv: 1409.3009 · v2 · pith:TBMA5DYYnew · submitted 2014-09-10 · ❄️ cond-mat.mes-hall · cond-mat.other

Hyperbolic Metamaterials with Bragg Polaritons

classification ❄️ cond-mat.mes-hall cond-mat.other
keywords exciton-polaritonhyperbolicbraggformationleadsmetamaterialsoscillonssolutions
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We propose a novel mechanism for designing quantum hyperbolic metamaterials with use of semi-conductor Bragg mirrors containing periodically arrangedquantum wells. The hyperbolic dispersion of exciton-polariton modes is realized near the top of the first allowed photonic miniband in such structure which leads to formation of exciton-polariton X-waves. Exciton-light coupling provides a resonant non-linearity which leads to non-trivial topologic solutions. We predict formation of low amplitude spatially localized oscillatory structures: oscillons described by kink shaped solutions of the effective Ginzburg-Landau-Higgs equation. The oscillons have direct analogies in the gravita-tional theory. We discuss implementation of exciton-polariton Higgs fields for the Schrodinger cat state generation.

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