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Spontaneous polariton currents in periodic lateral chains

Spontaneous polariton currents in periodic lateral chains
Spontaneous polariton currents in periodic lateral chains
We predict spontaneous generation of superfluid polariton currents in planar microcavities with lateral periodic modulation of both the potential and decay rate. A spontaneous breaking of spatial inversion symmetry of a polariton condensate emerges at a critical pumping, and the current direction is stochastically chosen. We analyze the stability of the current with respect to the fluctuations of the condensate. A peculiar spatial current domain structure emerges, where the current direction is switched at the domain walls, and the characteristic domain size and lifetime scale with the pumping power.
1079-7114
Nalitov, Anton
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Liew, Timothy, Chi Hin
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Altshuler, Boris L.
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Rubo, Yuri G.
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Nalitov, Anton
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Liew, Timothy, Chi Hin
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Kavokin, Alexey
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Altshuler, Boris L.
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Rubo, Yuri G.
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Nalitov, Anton, Liew, Timothy, Chi Hin, Kavokin, Alexey, Altshuler, Boris L. and Rubo, Yuri G. (2017) Spontaneous polariton currents in periodic lateral chains. Physical Review Letters. (doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.067406).

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We predict spontaneous generation of superfluid polariton currents in planar microcavities with lateral periodic modulation of both the potential and decay rate. A spontaneous breaking of spatial inversion symmetry of a polariton condensate emerges at a critical pumping, and the current direction is stochastically chosen. We analyze the stability of the current with respect to the fluctuations of the condensate. A peculiar spatial current domain structure emerges, where the current direction is switched at the domain walls, and the characteristic domain size and lifetime scale with the pumping power.

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Accepted/In Press date: 1 August 2017
e-pub ahead of print date: 11 August 2017

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Local EPrints ID: 413863
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/413863
DOI: doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.067406
ISSN: 1079-7114
PURE UUID: 75ea312c-4735-467d-a43e-b344679a73af

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Date deposited: 08 Sep 2017 16:30
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 15:56

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Author: Anton Nalitov
Author: Timothy, Chi Hin Liew
Author: Alexey Kavokin
Author: Boris L. Altshuler
Author: Yuri G. Rubo

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