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Real-space collapse of a polariton condensate. / Dominici, L.; Petrov, M.; Matuszewski, M.; Ballarini, D.; De Giorgi, M.; Colas, D.; Cancellieri, E.; Silva Fernández, B.; Bramati, A.; Gigli, G.; Kavokin, A.; Laussy, F.; Sanvitto, D.

In: Nature Communications, Vol. 6, 2015, p. 8993.

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Dominici, L, Petrov, M, Matuszewski, M, Ballarini, D, De Giorgi, M, Colas, D, Cancellieri, E, Silva Fernández, B, Bramati, A, Gigli, G, Kavokin, A, Laussy, F & Sanvitto, D 2015, 'Real-space collapse of a polariton condensate', Nature Communications, vol. 6, pp. 8993. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms9993

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Dominici, L., Petrov, M., Matuszewski, M., Ballarini, D., De Giorgi, M., Colas, D., Cancellieri, E., Silva Fernández, B., Bramati, A., Gigli, G., Kavokin, A., Laussy, F., & Sanvitto, D. (2015). Real-space collapse of a polariton condensate. Nature Communications, 6, 8993. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms9993

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Dominici L, Petrov M, Matuszewski M, Ballarini D, De Giorgi M, Colas D et al. Real-space collapse of a polariton condensate. Nature Communications. 2015;6:8993. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms9993

Author

Dominici, L. ; Petrov, M. ; Matuszewski, M. ; Ballarini, D. ; De Giorgi, M. ; Colas, D. ; Cancellieri, E. ; Silva Fernández, B. ; Bramati, A. ; Gigli, G. ; Kavokin, A. ; Laussy, F. ; Sanvitto, D. / Real-space collapse of a polariton condensate. In: Nature Communications. 2015 ; Vol. 6. pp. 8993.

BibTeX

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title = "Real-space collapse of a polariton condensate",
abstract = "Microcavity polaritons are two-dimensional bosonic fluids with strong nonlinearities, composed of coupled photonic and electronic excitations. In their condensed form, they display quantum hydrodynamic features similar to atomic Bose–Einstein condensates, such as long-range coherence, superfluidity and quantized vorticity. Here we report the unique phenomenology that is observed when a pulse of light impacts the polariton vacuum: the fluid which is suddenly created does not splash but instead coheres into a very bright spot. The real-space collapse into a sharp peak is at odd with the repulsive interactions of polaritons and their positive mass, suggesting that an unconventional mechanism is at play. Our modelling devises a possible explanation in the self-trapping due to a local heating of the crystal lattice, that can be described as a collective polaron formed by a polariton condensate. These observations hint at the polariton fluid dynamics in conditions of extreme intensities and ultrafast times.",
author = "L. Dominici and M. Petrov and M. Matuszewski and D. Ballarini and {De Giorgi}, M. and D. Colas and E. Cancellieri and {Silva Fern{\'a}ndez}, B. and A. Bramati and G. Gigli and A. Kavokin and F. Laussy and D. Sanvitto",
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AU - Ballarini, D.

AU - De Giorgi, M.

AU - Colas, D.

AU - Cancellieri, E.

AU - Silva Fernández, B.

AU - Bramati, A.

AU - Gigli, G.

AU - Kavokin, A.

AU - Laussy, F.

AU - Sanvitto, D.

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N2 - Microcavity polaritons are two-dimensional bosonic fluids with strong nonlinearities, composed of coupled photonic and electronic excitations. In their condensed form, they display quantum hydrodynamic features similar to atomic Bose–Einstein condensates, such as long-range coherence, superfluidity and quantized vorticity. Here we report the unique phenomenology that is observed when a pulse of light impacts the polariton vacuum: the fluid which is suddenly created does not splash but instead coheres into a very bright spot. The real-space collapse into a sharp peak is at odd with the repulsive interactions of polaritons and their positive mass, suggesting that an unconventional mechanism is at play. Our modelling devises a possible explanation in the self-trapping due to a local heating of the crystal lattice, that can be described as a collective polaron formed by a polariton condensate. These observations hint at the polariton fluid dynamics in conditions of extreme intensities and ultrafast times.

AB - Microcavity polaritons are two-dimensional bosonic fluids with strong nonlinearities, composed of coupled photonic and electronic excitations. In their condensed form, they display quantum hydrodynamic features similar to atomic Bose–Einstein condensates, such as long-range coherence, superfluidity and quantized vorticity. Here we report the unique phenomenology that is observed when a pulse of light impacts the polariton vacuum: the fluid which is suddenly created does not splash but instead coheres into a very bright spot. The real-space collapse into a sharp peak is at odd with the repulsive interactions of polaritons and their positive mass, suggesting that an unconventional mechanism is at play. Our modelling devises a possible explanation in the self-trapping due to a local heating of the crystal lattice, that can be described as a collective polaron formed by a polariton condensate. These observations hint at the polariton fluid dynamics in conditions of extreme intensities and ultrafast times.

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