Spontaneous generation, enhanced propagation and optical imprinting of quantized vortices and dark solitons in a polariton superfluid: Towards the control of quantum turbulence (a)

In resonantly pumped polariton superfluids we recently explored a new regime based on the bistability of the polariton system to enhance the propagation of polariton fluids up to macroscopic distances. This technique together with an all-optical imprinting method allowed the generation and control o...

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Published in:Europhysics letters 2021-04, Vol.134 (2), p.24004
Main Authors: Maître, A., Claude, F., Lerario, G., Koniakhin, S., Pigeon, S., Solnyshkov, D., Malpuech, G., Glorieux, Q., Giacobino, E., Bramati, A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Condensed Matter
Fluid dynamics
Fluid flow
Fluids
Mesoscopic Systems and Quantum Hall Effect
Physics
Polaritons
Quantum turbulence
Solitary waves
Superfluidity
Turbulent flow
Vortices
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Summary:In resonantly pumped polariton superfluids we recently explored a new regime based on the bistability of the polariton system to enhance the propagation of polariton fluids up to macroscopic distances. This technique together with an all-optical imprinting method allowed the generation and control of various topological excitations such as quantized vortices and dark solitons. The flexibility and scalability of the new experimental scheme opens the way to the systematic study of quantum turbulence in driven dissipative quantum fluids of light. In this article we review the main results and discuss the most promising future research directions.
ISSN:0295-5075
1286-4854
DOI:10.1209/0295-5075/134/24004