Ultrafast-nonlinear ultraviolet pulse modulation in an AlInGaN polariton waveguide operating up to room temperature

D. M. Di Paola; P. M. Walker; R. P. A. Emmanuele; A. V. Yulin; J. Ciers; Z. Zaidi; J.-F. Carlin; N. Grandjean; I. Shelykh; M. S. Skolnick; R. Butté; D. N. Krizhanovskii

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-23635-6

Nature Communications (Jun 2021)

Ultrafast-nonlinear ultraviolet pulse modulation in an AlInGaN polariton waveguide operating up to room temperature

D. M. Di Paola,
P. M. Walker,
R. P. A. Emmanuele,
A. V. Yulin,
J. Ciers,
Z. Zaidi,
J.-F. Carlin,
N. Grandjean,
I. Shelykh,
M. S. Skolnick,
R. Butté,
D. N. Krizhanovskii

Affiliations

D. M. Di Paola: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield
P. M. Walker: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield
R. P. A. Emmanuele: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield
A. V. Yulin: Department of Physics, ITMO University
J. Ciers: Institute of Physics, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Z. Zaidi: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield
J.-F. Carlin: Institute of Physics, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
N. Grandjean: Institute of Physics, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
I. Shelykh: Department of Physics, ITMO University
M. S. Skolnick: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield
R. Butté: Institute of Physics, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
D. N. Krizhanovskii: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23635-6
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Nonlinearity enhancement in different materials is relevant for many scientific applications. Here the authors demonstrate pulse modulation in the UV regime due to polariton-based nonlinearity in an AlInGaN waveguide structure, including at room temperature.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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