READ ME File For 'Quantum Vortex Formation in the "Rotating Bucket" Experiment with Polariton Condensates' Dataset DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/D2457 Date that the file was created: 24/11/2022 ------------------- GENERAL INFORMATION ------------------- ReadMe Author: STELLA HARRISON, University of Southampton [https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0302-728X] Date of data collection: Spring 2022 Information about geographic location of data collection: Skolkovo Institute of Science & Technology (experimental data), University of Southampton (simulated data), University of Iceland (simulated data) -------------------------- SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION -------------------------- Licenses/restrictions placed on the data, or limitations of reuse: CC-BY This dataset supports the publication: AUTHORS: I. Gnusov, S. L. Harrison, S. Alyatkin, K. Sitnik, J. Töpfer, H. Sigurdsson and P. G. Lagoudakis TITLE: Quantum Vortex Formation in the "Rotating Bucket" Experiment with Polariton Condensates JOURNAL: Science Advances -------------------- DATA & FILE OVERVIEW -------------------- FILES: README.txt & dataset.zip This dataset contains: ** Data for FIG. 2(a)** File name: 2A.txt File description: array of intensities of the condensate File type: TSV Scale & plotting: 16 μm x 16 μm in the x and y axes ** Data for FIG. 2(b)** File name: 2B.txt File description: array of values of the condensate dispersion File type: TSV Scale & plotting: The horizontal (wave vector) axis should be plotted from -2 um^-1 to 2um^-1, the vertical (energy axis) should be plotted from 1.446618479296875 eV to 1.450659920703125 eV ** Data for FIG. 2(c)** File name: 2C.txt File description: array of values for the interfernce pattern File type: TSV Scale & plotting: 12.8 μm x 12.8 μm in the x and y axes ** Data for FIG. 2(d)** File name: 2D.txt File description: array of values for the phase of the condensate File type: TSV Scale & plotting: 12.8 μm x 12.8 μm in the x and y axes ** Data for FIG. 3(a) - phasemap** File name: 3A_phase.txt File description: array of values for the 2D-phasemap displayed in figure 3a of the manuscript File type: TSV Scale & plotting: 0.064 μm per pixel resolution in the x and y axes ** Data for FIG. 3(a) - profile** File name: 3A_profile.txt File description: array of values for the 1D-phaseprofile displayed in figure 3a of the manuscript File type: TSV Scale & plotting: x-data is uniformally distributed from 0 to 2π radians ** Data for FIG. 3(b) - phasemap** File name: 3B_phase.txt File description: array of values for the 2D-phasemap displayed in figure 3b of the manuscript File type: TSV Scale & plotting: 0.064 μm per pixel resolution in the x and y axes ** Data for FIG. 3(b) - profile** File name: 3B_profile.txt File description: array of values for the 1D-phaseprofile displayed in figure 3b of the manuscript File type: TSV Scale & plotting: x-data is uniformally distributed from 0 to 2π radians ** Data for FIG. 3(C) - phasemap** File name: 3C_phase.txt File description: array of values for the 2D-phasemap displayed in figure 3c of the manuscript File type: TSV Scale & plotting: 0.064 μm per pixel resolution in the x and y axes ** Data for FIG. 3(c) - profile** File name: 3C_profile.txt File description: array of values for the 1D-phaseprofile displayed in figure 3c of the manuscript File type: TSV Scale & plotting: x-data is uniformally distributed from 0 to 2π radians ** Data for FIG. 3(d) - phasemap** File name: 3D_phase.txt File description: array of values for the 2D-phasemap displayed in figure 3d of the manuscript File type: TSV Scale & plotting: 0.064 μm per pixel resolution in the x and y axes ** Data for FIG. 3(d) - profile** File name: 3D_profile.txt File description: array of values for the 1D-phaseprofile displayed in figure 3d of the manuscript File type: TSV Scale & plotting: x-data is uniformally distributed from 0 to 2π radians ** Data for FIG. 4 - experimental** File name: 4_experiment.txt File description: array containing the data on the percetage of the vortices (second column) versus the rotation frequency (first column) - (blue points in Fig. 4) File type: TSV Scale & plotting: x-axis: column 1, y-axis: column 2 ** Data for FIG. 4 - simulated** File name: 4_simulation.txt File description: array containing the simulation data for the for the average OAM. First row: f' in GHz, Second row: (average OAM per polariton over 40 realisations) - (red points in Fig. 4) File type: CSV Scale & plotting: x-axis: row 1, y-axis: row 2 ** Data for FIG. 4 - XA intensity @ f' = 0 GHz** File name: 4_XA_intensity_f0GHz.txt File description: array containing the data for the snapshots of the active reservoir intensity at f' = 0 GHz File type: CSV Scale & plotting: x-axis: 2D square profile, resolution of 0.05 μm per pixel in the x and y axes ** Data for FIG. 4 - XA intensity @ f' = 10 GHz** File name: 4_XA_intensity_f10GHz.txt File description: array containing the data for the snapshots of the active reservoir intensity at f' = 10 GHz File type: CSV Scale & plotting: x-axis: 2D square profile, resolution of 0.05 μm per pixel in the x and y axes ** Data for FIG. S1A ** File name: S1A.txt File description: array containing the simulated real-space intensity of a vortex at f' = 2 GHz File type: CSV Scale & plotting: x-axis: 2D square profile, resolution of 0.05 μm per pixel in the x and y axes ** Data for FIG. S1B ** File name: S1B.txt File description: array containing the simulated i phasemap of a vortex at f' = 2 GHz File type: CSV Scale & plotting: x-axis: 2D square profile, resolution of 0.05 μm per pixel in the x and y axes ** Data for FIG. S2(a)** File name: S2A.txt File description: array of values for the 2D interference intensity displayed in figure S2a of the manuscript File type: TSV Scale & plotting: 0.064 μm per pixel resolution in the x and y axes ** Data for FIG. S2(b)** File name: S2B.txt File description: array of values for the 2D interference intensity displayed in figure S2b of the manuscript File type: TSV Scale & plotting: 0.064 μm per pixel resolution in the x and y axes ** Data for FIG. S2(c) - phasemap** File name: S2C.txt File description: array of values for the 2D-phasemap displayed in figure S2c of the manuscript File type: TSV Scale & plotting: 0.064 μm per pixel resolution in the x and y axes ** Data for FIG. S2(c) - profile** File name: S2C_profile.txt File description: array of values for the 1D-phaseprofile displayed in figure S2c of the manuscript File type: TSV Scale & plotting: x-data is uniformally distributed from 0 to 2π radians ** Data for FIG. S2(d) - phasemap** File name: S2D.txt File description: array of values for the 2D-phasemap displayed in figure S2d of the manuscript File type: TSV Scale & plotting: 0.064 μm per pixel resolution in the x and y axes ** Data for FIG. S2(d) - profile** File name: S2D_profile.txt File description: array of values for the 1D-phaseprofile displayed in figure S2d of the manuscript File type: TSV Scale & plotting: x-data is uniformally distributed from 0 to 2π radians ** Data for FIG. S2(e) - phasemap** File name: S2E.txt File description: array of values for the 2D-phasemap displayed in figure S2e of the manuscript File type: TSV Scale & plotting: 0.064 μm per pixel resolution in the x and y axes ** Data for FIG. S2(e) - profile** File name: S2E_profile.txt File description: array of values for the 1D-phaseprofile displayed in figure S2e of the manuscript File type: TSV Scale & plotting: x-data is uniformally distributed from 0 to 2π radians ** Data for FIG. S2(f) - phasemap** File name: S2F.txt File description: array of values for the 2D-phasemap displayed in figure S2f of the manuscript File type: TSV Scale & plotting: 0.064 μm per pixel resolution in the x and y axes ** Data for FIG. S2(f) - profile** File name: S2F_profile.txt File description: array of values for the 1D-phaseprofile displayed in figure S2f of the manuscript File type: TSV Scale & plotting: x-data is uniformally distributed from 0 to 2π radians ** Data for FIG. S2(g) - phasemap** File name: S2G.txt File description: array of values for the 2D-phasemap displayed in figure S2g of the manuscript File type: TSV Scale & plotting: 0.064 μm per pixel resolution in the x and y axes ** Data for FIG. S2(g) - profile** File name: S2G_profile.txt File description: array of values for the 1D-phaseprofile displayed in figure S2g of the manuscript File type: TSV Scale & plotting: x-data is uniformally distributed from 0 to 2π radians ** Data for FIG. S3(a)** File name: S3A.txt File description: array of values for the 2D-colormap of time-averaged intensity displayed in figure S3a of the manuscript File type: DAT Scale & plotting: x-axis: uniformally spaced from 0 to 3; y-axis: uniformally spaced from -1 to 1 ** Data for FIG. S3(b)** File name: S3B.txt File description: array of values for the 2D-colormap of time-averaged intensity displayed in figure S3b of the manuscript File type: DAT Scale & plotting: x-axis: uniformally spaced from 0 to 3; y-axis: uniformally spaced from -1 to 1 -------------------------- METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION -------------------------- Description of methods used for collection/generation of data: Please read the manuscript for a detailed description of the experimental and numerical techniques used to acquire the data Methods for processing the data: Analysis techniques are described in the main manuscript All data files are either tab-separated-values in a .txt file, or comma-separated-values in a .txt or .dat file The numerics were performed using MATLAB in both figures 4 and S3. The experimental setup and data acquisition was controlled using a LABview VI developed by Julian Töpfer. People invlolved with data collection, processing and analysis: - Figures 2-4: Ivan Gnusov, Kirill Sitnik, Sergey Alyatkin - Figure 4 (simulation): Stella Harrison - Figure S1: Stella Harrison - Figure S2: Ivan Gnusov, Kirill Sitnik, Sergey Alyatkin - Figure S3: Helgi Sigurdsson