The dispersion curves of the excitonic polariton and the excitonic molecule in CdS and their interaction

Abstract By means of the two-photon Raman scattering (TPRS) process we investigate the dispersion relation of the excitonic polariton in the energetic regions around the A-exciton resonance and near half the bi-exciton energy in CdS. In a high resolution experiment an anomaly is observed due to two-polariton transitions to the excitonic molecule (biexciton) state. This anomaly is explained on the basis of a previously developed theory of the intensity dependent dielectric function. Excitation spectroscopy of the TPRS-lines yields information about the damping of the excitonic molecule. Luminescence assisted two polariton spectroscopy (LATS) experiments are performed to determine the eigenenergy of the biexciton as well as its dispersion curve.