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Exciton-polaritons in lattices: A non-linear photonic simulator

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Abstract

Microcavity polaritons are mixed light–matter quasiparticles with extraordinary nonlinear properties, which can be easily accessed in photoluminescence experiments. Thanks to the possibility of designing the potential landscape of polaritons, this system provides a versatile photonic platform to emulate 1D and 2D Hamiltonians. Polaritons allow transposing to the photonic world some of the properties of electrons in solid-state systems, and to engineer Hamiltonians for photons with novel transport properties. Here we review some experimental implementations of polariton Hamiltonians using lattice geometries.

Translated title of the contributionLes polaritons excitoniques sur réseau: un simulateur photonique non linéaire
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)934-945
Number of pages12
JournalComptes Rendus Physique
Volume17
Issue number8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Oct 2016

Keywords

  • Analog quantum simulation
  • Condensation
  • Flatband
  • Honeycomb
  • Josephson effect
  • Nonlinear optics
  • Polaritons
  • Topology

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