When a quantum well containing a low density two-dimensional electron gas i
s embedded in a microcavity, the photoexcited charged excitons that interac
t with the confined photons form charged polaritons, The objective of this
paper is to describe the experimental spectroscopic evidence for the appear
ance of charged microcavity polaritons, and the analysis of their energy an
d oscillator strength dependence on the 2DEG density. Then, the model calcu
lations are extended to predict that the charged polaritonic signal can be
electrically drifted in the QW plane over measurable distances.