Signature of Resonant Rayleigh Scattering from Microcavity Polaritons: Angularly Peaked Coherent Emission

23 May 1999

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We unambiguously identify resonant Rayleigh scattering in a semiconductor microcavity using ultrafast spectral interferometry and demonstrate that this coherent emission is restricted to a cone defined by the excitation wave-vector, in contrast to isotropic luminescence.