Oblique half-solitons and their generation in exciton-polariton condensates

Journal Article · Sun May 15 00:00:00 EDT 2011 · Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVB.83.193305· OSTI ID:21544765

Flayac, H; Solnyshkov, D D; Malpuech, G ^[1]

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1. Clermont Universite, Universite Blaise Pascal, LASMEA, BP10448, F-63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France CNRS, UMR6602, LASMEA, F-63177 Aubiere (France)

We describe oblique half-solitons, a new type of topological defects in a two-dimensional spinor Bose-Einstein condensate. A realistic protocol based on the optical spin Hall effect is proposed toward their generation within an exciton-polariton system.

• OSTI ID: 21544765
• Journal Information: Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, Vol. 83, Issue 19; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.83.193305; (c) 2011 American Institute of Physics; ISSN 1098-0121
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATION
CONDENSATES
EXCITONS
HALL EFFECT
POLARONS
SOLITONS
SPIN
TOPOLOGY
TWO-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS
ANGULAR MOMENTUM
MATHEMATICS
PARTICLE PROPERTIES
QUASI PARTICLES