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Polariton crystallization in driven arrays of lossy nonlinear resonators

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2015-05-14 v2 Quantum Gases Quantum Physics

Abstract

We investigate the steady states of a lossy array of nonlinear optical resonators that are driven by lasers and interact via mutual photon tunneling. For weak nonlinearities, we find two-mode squeezing of polaritons in modes whose quasi-momenta match the relative phases of the laser drives. For strong nonlinearities the spatial polariton density-density correlations indicate that the polaritons crystallize and are predominantly found at a specific distance from each other despite being injected by a coherent light source and damped by the environment.

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@article{arxiv.0912.3612,
  title  = {Polariton crystallization in driven arrays of lossy nonlinear resonators},
  author = {Michael J. Hartmann},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0912.3612},
  year   = {2015}
}

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