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- A new way to create quantum hyperbolic metamaterials using semiconductor Bragg mirrors with quantum wells is proposed.
- The structure allows for exciton-polariton modes to develop, which leads to unique oscillatory patterns called oscillons.
- These oscillons resemble solutions in gravitational theory and could help in generating specific quantum states, like the Schrödinger cat state.
Article Abstract
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.
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