Exciton polaritons in high quality semiconductor microcavities can travel long macroscopic distances (>100 μm) due to their ultralight effective mass. The polaritons are repelled from optically pumped exciton reservoirs where they are formed; however, their spatial dynamics is not as expected for pointlike particles. Instead we show polaritons emitted into waveguides travel orthogonally to the repulsive potential gradient and can only be explained if they are emitted as macroscopic delocalized quantum particles, even before they form Bose condensates.

Original languageEnglish
Article number067401
Number of pages6
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume121
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 7 Aug 2018

    Scopus subject areas

  • Physics and Astronomy(all)

    Research areas

  • EXCITON POLARITONS

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