Onset and Dynamics of Vortex-Antivortex Pairs in Polariton Optical Parametric Oscillator Superfluids

G. Tosi, F. M. Marchetti, D. Sanvitto, C. Antón, M. H. Szymańska, A. Berceanu, C. Tejedor, L. Marrucci, A. Lemaître, J. Bloch, and L. Viña
Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 036401 – Published 12 July 2011

Abstract

We study, both theoretically and experimentally, the occurrence of topological defects in polariton superfluids in the optical parametric oscillator (OPO) regime. We explain in terms of local supercurrents the deterministic behavior of both the onset and dynamics of vortex-antivortex pairs generated by perturbing the system with a pulsed probe. Using a generalized Gross-Pitaevskii equation, including photonic disorder, pumping and decay, we elucidate the reason why topological defects form in couples and can be detected by direct visualizations in multishot OPO experiments.

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  • Received 17 March 2011

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.036401

© 2011 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

G. Tosi1, F. M. Marchetti2,*, D. Sanvitto3, C. Antón1, M. H. Szymańska4,†, A. Berceanu2, C. Tejedor2, L. Marrucci5, A. Lemaître6, J. Bloch6, and L. Viña1

  • 1Física de Materiales, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid 28049, Spain
  • 2Física Teórica de la Materia Condensada, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid 28049, Spain
  • 3NNL, Istituto Nanoscienze - CNR, Via Arnesano, 73100 Lecce, Italy
  • 4Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
  • 5Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli Federico II and CNR-SPIN, Napoli, Italy
  • 6LPN/CNRS, Route de Nozay, 91460, Marcoussis, France

  • *francesca.marchetti@uam.es
  • Also at London Centre for Nanotechnology, UK.

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Vol. 107, Iss. 3 — 15 July 2011

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