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Giant spin Meissner effect in a nonequilibrium exciton-polariton gas. / Król, M.; Mirek, R.; Stephan, D.; Lekenta, K.; Rousset, J.-G.; Pacuski, W.; Kavokin, A. V. ; Matuszewski, M.; Szczytko, J.; Piętka, B.
In: Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, Vol. 99, No. 11, 115318, 28.03.2019.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Giant spin Meissner effect in a nonequilibrium exciton-polariton gas
AU - Król, M.
AU - Mirek, R.
AU - Stephan, D.
AU - Lekenta, K.
AU - Rousset, J.-G.
AU - Pacuski, W.
AU - Kavokin, A. V.
AU - Matuszewski, M.
AU - Szczytko, J.
AU - Piętka, B.
PY - 2019/3/28
Y1 - 2019/3/28
N2 - The suppression of Zeeman energy splitting due to spin-dependent interactions (the spin Meissner effect) was predicted to occur within a Bose-Einstein condensate. We report a clear observation of this effect in semimagnetic microcavities which exhibit a giant Zeeman energy splitting between two spin-polarized polariton states as high as 2 meV and demonstrate that a partial suppression of the energy difference occurs already in the uncondensed phase in a striking similarity to the behavior of up-critical superconductors in the fluctuation-dominated regime. These observations are explained quantitatively by a kinetic model accounting for both the condensed and uncondensed polaritons and taking into account the nonequilibrium character of the system.
AB - The suppression of Zeeman energy splitting due to spin-dependent interactions (the spin Meissner effect) was predicted to occur within a Bose-Einstein condensate. We report a clear observation of this effect in semimagnetic microcavities which exhibit a giant Zeeman energy splitting between two spin-polarized polariton states as high as 2 meV and demonstrate that a partial suppression of the energy difference occurs already in the uncondensed phase in a striking similarity to the behavior of up-critical superconductors in the fluctuation-dominated regime. These observations are explained quantitatively by a kinetic model accounting for both the condensed and uncondensed polaritons and taking into account the nonequilibrium character of the system.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevB.99.115318
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevB.99.115318
M3 - Article
VL - 99
JO - Physical Review B-Condensed Matter
JF - Physical Review B-Condensed Matter
SN - 1098-0121
IS - 11
M1 - 115318
ER -
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