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Observation of quantum hydrodynamic effects in microcavity polaritons

  • A. Amo
  • , D. Sanvitto
  • , D. Ballarini
  • , F. P. Laussy
  • , E. Del Valle
  • , M. D. Martin
  • , A. Lemaitre
  • , J. Bloch
  • , N. Krizhanovskii
  • , M. S. Skolnick
  • , C. Tejedor
  • , L. Viña

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Abstract

We study the hydrodynamics of a coherent polariton fluid lasting for hundreds of picoseconds and moving inside of a semiconductor microcavity. The momentum of the polariton droplets can be well controlled by selecting the angle and energy of two excitation laser beams. We observe unique behaviours due to the quantum nature of the polariton states, such as the linearization of the polariton dispersion around the energy of the signal states, and the propagation at constant speed of the polariton fluids. The experiments have been realized making use of a new technique for the detection of images simultaneously resolved in time, energy and real- or reciprocal- space.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationPhysics of Semiconductors - 29th International Conference, ICPS 29
Pages173-174
Number of pages2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2009
Externally publishedYes
Event29th International Conference on Physics of Semiconductors, ICPS 29 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Duration: 27 Jul 20081 Aug 2008

Publication series

NameAIP Conference Proceedings
Volume1199
ISSN (Print)0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)1551-7616

Conference

Conference29th International Conference on Physics of Semiconductors, ICPS 29
Country/TerritoryBrazil
CityRio de Janeiro
Period27/07/081/08/08

Keywords

  • Polariton
  • Quantum fluids
  • Semiconductor microcavity

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