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Financement de l’UE (3 786 160 €) : Dispositifs optoélectroniques IR moyen et lointain basés sur la condensation de Bose-Einstein Hor19/12/2016 Programme de recherche et d'innovation de l'UE « Horizon »
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Dispositifs optoélectroniques IR moyen et lointain basés sur la condensation de Bose-Einstein
Optoelectronic devices typically operate in the weak coupling regime between light and matter, for example in conventional lasers relying on population inversion to achieve optical gain. Recently there has been a surge of interest in quantum systems operating instead in the strong coupling regime, when the coupling strength of the light-matter interaction is so strong that new states – cavity polaritons – are created, that are partially light, partially material excitation. In semiconductors, exciton-polaritons have been the most widely studied type of strongly coupled system. Recently a new phenomenon has been realized exploiting intersubband transitions. The resulting excitations are called intersubband polaritons, and they have two remarkable properties: (i) a bosonic character that is maintained up to high carrier densities since they are not restricted by the Mott transition limit; (ii) large Rabi splittings. Although the scientific community has explored the basic science of intersubband polaritons, their potential for future and innovative optoelectronic devices has been entirely untapped. The MIR-BOSE project will realize this potential, and demonstrate disruptive optoelectronic devices operating in the strong coupling regime between light and matter. We will demonstrate the first bosonic lasers operating in the mid-IR and THz ranges of the electromagnetic spectrum. Laser action here does not rely on population inversion, so we will achieve temperature independent operation and high powers. We will demonstrate a new concept of inverse-Q-switching leading to the generation of high power pulses in the mid-IR, overcoming severe bottlenecks in current technology. Finally, we will demonstrate non-classical/quantum light sources and devices, generating squeezed states of light in the mid-IR/THz spectral range for quantum optics. These new sources will have a major impact on several technologies and applications, being advantageous compared to current solutions.
| Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique CNRS | 589 058 € |
| Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche | 849 316 € |
| Idryma Technologias Kai Erevnas | 453 750 € |
| Tematys | 117 500 € |
| Universita Di Pisa | 303 375 € |
| UNIVERSITAET REGENSBURG | 389 403 € |
| Universite Paris-Saclay | 466 563 € |
| University of Leeds | 617 196 € |
https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/737017
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