Persistent currents and quantized vortices in a polariton superfluid
By Daniele Sanvitto, F. Marchetti, M. Szymańska, G. Tosi, M. Baudisch, F. Laussy, D. Krizhanovskii, M. Skolnick, Lorenzo Marrucci, A. Lemaître and 3 more. 2009
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Similar to atoms in cold gases, exciton–polaritons in semiconductor microcavities can undergo Bose–Einstein condensation, but under non-equilibrium conditions. Now, quantized vortices and persistent currents — hallmarks of superfluid behaviour — have been observed in such condensates.
Subfields: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Biomedical Engineering, Civil and Structural Engineering
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In Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- C. Ciuti
- Daniele Sanvitto
- I. Carusotto
- A. Amo
- Nathan Goldman
- Jacqueline Bloch
- Franco Nori
- F. García-Vidal
In Biomedical Engineering
In Civil and Structural Engineering
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- All-optical control of the quantum flow of a polariton condensate (2011, background): “ the occurrence of a superfluid flow in a coherent excitation regime was demonstrated 23[ ]. Persistent currents lasting for macroscopically long times were observed in rotating polariton condensates [24] and more recently, evidence of hydrodynamic dark soliton nucleation was shown [12,25]. The pres”
- Spin-to-orbital conversion of the angular momentum of light and its classical and quantum applications (2011, unknown): “, [63, 64]).”
- Hydrodynamic nucleation of quantized vortex pairs in a polariton quantum fluid (2011, methodology): “Quantized vortices have also been optically imprinted in optical parametric oscillator (OPO) configuration”