Togan EInstitute of Quantum Electronics, ETH Zurich, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland.
Li YInstitute of Quantum Electronics, ETH Zurich, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland.
Faelt SInstitute of Quantum Electronics, ETH Zurich, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland.
Wegscheider WSolid State Physics Laboratory, ETH Zurich, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland.
Imamoglu AInstitute of Quantum Electronics, ETH Zurich, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland.
2020-08-27
Published in:
Physical review letters. - 2020
English
We experimentally demonstrate a dipolar polariton based electric-field sensor. We tune and optimize the sensitivity of the sensor by varying the dipole moment of polaritons. We show polariton interactions play an important role in determining the conditions for optimal electric-field sensing, and achieve a sensitivity of 0.12 V m^{-1} Hz^{-0.5}. Finally, we apply the sensor to illustrate that excitation of polaritons modifies the electric field in a spatial region much larger than the optical excitation spot.