We create exciton-polariton condensates in half-moon shapes by the nonresonant optical excitation of GaAs-based cylindrical pillar microcavities. In this geometry, the π-jump of the phase of the condensate wave function coexists with a gradual ±πphase variation between two horns of the half-moon. We switch between clockwise and counterclockwise phase currents by slightly shifting the excitation spot on the surface of the pillar. Half-moon condensates are expected to reveal features of two-level quantum systems similar to superconducting flux qubits.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1163-1170
Number of pages8
JournalACS Photonics
Volume7
Issue number5
Early online date16 Apr 2020
DOIs
StatePublished - 20 May 2020

    Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Biotechnology

    Research areas

  • fractional orbital angular momentum, micropillar, phase jump, polariton condensate, polariton current, ORBITAL ANGULAR-MOMENTUM, STATES, QUANTUM, ENTANGLEMENT, LIGHT

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