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Coherent merging of counter-propagating exciton-polariton superfluids

Quantum Gases 2018-07-18 v2 Other Condensed Matter Quantum Physics

Abstract

We report the formation of a macroscopic coherent state emerging from colliding polariton fluids. Four lasers with random relative phases, arranged in a square, pump resonantly a planar microcavity, creating four coherent polariton fluids propagating toward each other. When the density (interactions) increases, the four fluids synchronise and the topological excitations (vortex or soliton) disappear to form a single superfluid.

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@article{arxiv.1802.06906,
  title  = {Coherent merging of counter-propagating exciton-polariton superfluids},
  author = {Thomas Boulier and Simon Pigeon and Emiliano Cancellieri and Paul Robin and Elisabeth Giacobino and Quentin Glorieux and Alberto Bramati},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1802.06906},
  year   = {2018}
}

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5 pages, 4 figures