Polariton trap in microcavities with metallic mirrors

In planar microcavities with metallic mirrors the spectra of cavity polaritons may be strongly modified by the presence of a surface plasmon interacting with transverse-magnetic (TM)-polarized cavity modes. In particular, for certain parameters of the cavity, a minimum in the dispersion of the TM-polarized polariton may develop, which is located in the non-radiative part of the spectrum. This minimum may serve as a very effective trap for polariton population at high non-resonant excitation of the cavity.