S. M. Arakelian

Hyperbolic Metamaterials with Bragg Polaritons.

We propose a novel mechanism for designing quantum hyperbolic metamaterials with the use of semiconductor Bragg mirrors containing periodically arranged quantum wells. The hyperbolic dispersion of exciton-polariton modes is realized near the top of the first allowed photonic miniband in such a structure which leads to the formation of exciton-polariton X waves. Exciton-light coupling provides a resonant nonlinearity which leads to nontrivial topologic solutions. We predict the 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 gravitational theory. We discuss implementation of exciton-polariton Higgs fields for the Schrödinger cat state generation.

Deposition of bimetallic Au/Ag clusters by the method of laser deposition of nanoparticles from colloidal systems

A method of formation of bimetallic clusters on the surface of optically transparent media is proposed. Nanoparticles of noble metals were obtained by laser ablation into a liquid. Clusters were formed by means of colloidal deposition of nanoparticles. Cluster morphology after deposition was studied by means of atomic force and scanning electron microscopy. We demonstrate transformation of the transmission spectrum of obtained structures before and after laser-induced aggregation.

Light propagation in tunable exciton-polariton one-dimensional photonic crystals

Simulations of propagation of light beams in specially designed multilayer semiconductor structures (one-dimensional photonic crystals) with embedded quantum wells reveal characteristic optical properties of resonant hyperbolic metamaterials. A strong dependence of the refraction angle and the optical beam spread on the exciton radiative lifetime is revealed. We demonstrate the strong negative refraction of light and the control of the group velocity of light by an external bias through its effect upon the exciton radiative properties.

Laser-induced formation of semiconductor nanoparticles and structures

We present the results of laser production of semiconductor nanoparticles under continuous laser action in the near-infrared range (up to 106?W?cm?2) on PbTe samples in air and liquid. We also present a method for forming nanoparticles on the surface of thin PbTe films and consider drop deposition for setting PbTe quantum dots on a substrate. Using a simulation model we describe the features of forming a deposited layer in the process of drop?evaporation.

Lasing and high-temperature phase transitions in atomic systems with dressed-state polaritons

We consider the fundamental problem of high temperature phase transitions in the system of high density two-level atoms off-resonantly interacting with a pump field in the presence of optical collisions (OCs) and placed in the cavity. OCs are considered in the framework of thermalization of atomic dressed state (DS) population. For the case of a strong atom-field coupling condition we analyze the problem of thermodynamically equilibrium superradiant phase transition for the order parameter representing a real amplitude of cavity mode and taking place as a result of atomic DSs thermalization process. Such transition is also connected with condensed (coherent) properties of low branch (LB) DS-polaritons occurring in the cavity. For describing non-equilibrium phase transitions we derive Maxwell-Bloch like equations which account for cavity decay rate, collisional decay rate and spontaneous emission. Various aspects of transitions to laser field formation by using atomic DS levels for both positive and negative detuning of a pump field from atomic transition frequency are studied in detail. It is revealed, that for positive atom-light detuning DS lasing can be obtained in the presence of quasi-equilibrium DS population that corresponds to a true two-level atomic system with the inversion in nonresonant limit.

The Synthesis of Hybrid Gold-Silicon Nano Particles in a Liquid

We show that the laser ablation method can be efficiently employed for the synthesis of silicon nanoparticles (NP), which are characterized by a strong resonant optical response in the visible spectral range. A single layer composed of silicon NPs has been deposited from the colloidal solution generated by laser ablation. The formation of hybrid silicon-gold NPs as a result of the laser action on a mixed colloidal solution is observed. These hybrid NPs are characterized by broadening of the near-field photoluminescence spectra compared to pure silicon NPs. These results may be used for the realization of functional metasurfaces consisting of randomly distributed resonant NPs.

The Laser-Assisted Synthesis of Linear Carbon Chains Stabilized by Noble Metal Particles

Metal-carbon materials realize surface-enhanced Raman scattering. Such structures were synthesized using the laser irradiation of colloidal systems consisting of carbon and noble metal nanoparticles.

Control of propagation of spatially localized polariton wave packets in a Bragg mirror with embedded quantum wells

We considered the nonlinear dynamics of Bragg polaritons in a specially designed stratified semiconductor structure with embedded quantum wells, which possesses a convex dispersion. The model for the ensemble of single periodically arranged quantum wells coupled with the Bragg photon fields has been developed. In particular, the generalized Gross-Pitaevskii equation with the non-parabolic dispersion has been obtained for the Bragg polariton wave function. We revealed a number of dynamical regimes for polariton wave packets resulting from competition of the convex dispersion and the repulsive nonlinearity effects. Among the regimes are spreading, breathing and soliton propagation. When the control parameters including the exciton-photon detuning, the matter-field coupling and the nonlinearity are manipulated, the dynamical regimes switch between themselves.

On the mechanism of the maintenance of Rabi oscillations in the system of exciton polaritons in a microcavity

A physical mechanism of the implementation of undamped Rabi oscillations in the system of exciton polaritons in a semiconductor microcavity in the presence of nonresonant pumping has been proposed. Various mechanisms of the stimulated scattering of excitons from the reservoir have been considered. It has been shown that undamped oscillations of the population of the photon component of the condensate can be caused by the feeding of a coherent Rabi oscillator owing to the pair scattering of excitons from the reservoir to the ground state. The effect should be observed in spite of a more intense relaxation of polaritons of the upper branch observed experimentally.

Storage of Optical Information in Nano-size Cavity Arrays Under the Qubit-Light Interaction

We propose the model of one-dimensional polaritonic lattice representing the chain of weakly coupled optical nano-cavities, each containing clusters of qubits. We revealed a variety of both localized and spreading dynamical regimes. We suggest a new physical algorithm for the spatially distributed storage of optical information where various localized dynamical states are used.