TY - JOUR

T1 - Polariton transport in one-dimensional channels

AU - Petrov, M.

AU - Kavokin, A.

PY - 2013

Y1 - 2013

N2 - We study theoretically the transport of linearly polarized exciton-polaritons in a quasi-one-dimensional microcavity channel separating two polariton condensates generated by optical pumping.The direction and value of mass and spin currents are controlled by the relative phase and polarization of two condensates, as in the stationary Josephson effect. However, due to dissipation and particle-particle interactions, the current density is inhomogeneous: it strongly depends on the coordinate along the axis of the channel. A stationary spin domain can be created in the channel, its position would be sensitive to the phase difference between two bordering condensates.

AB - We study theoretically the transport of linearly polarized exciton-polaritons in a quasi-one-dimensional microcavity channel separating two polariton condensates generated by optical pumping.The direction and value of mass and spin currents are controlled by the relative phase and polarization of two condensates, as in the stationary Josephson effect. However, due to dissipation and particle-particle interactions, the current density is inhomogeneous: it strongly depends on the coordinate along the axis of the channel. A stationary spin domain can be created in the channel, its position would be sensitive to the phase difference between two bordering condensates.

KW - Spin domain

KW - exciton

KW - polariton

KW - transport

KW - microcavity

U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevB.88.035308

DO - 10.1103/PhysRevB.88.035308

M3 - Article

VL - 88

JO - Physical Review B-Condensed Matter

JF - Physical Review B-Condensed Matter

SN - 1098-0121

IS - 3

M1 - 035308

ER -