• DocumentCode
    1685485
  • Title

    Observation of oblique half-solitons in polariton superfluids

  • Author

    Hivet, R. ; Flayac, H. ; Tanese, D. ; Boulier, T. ; Andreoli, D. ; Bloch, J. ; Solnyshkov, D. ; Malpuech, G. ; Amo, A. ; Giacobino, E. ; Bramati, A.

  • Author_Institution
    Lab. Kastler Brossel, Univ. Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We report the observation of oblique dark half solitons in a polariton superfluid. These topological excitations exhibit specific phase and polarization properties and they behave as magnetic monopoles in an effective magnetic field.
  • Keywords
    fluids; magnetic monopoles; polaritons; solitons; superfluidity; effective magnetic field; magnetic monopoles; oblique dark half solitons; phase properties; polariton superfluids; polarization properties; topological excitation; Fluids; Magnetic fields; Microcavities; Optical polarization; Photonics; Polarization; Solitons;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6326864