Title :
Bright soliton and shock waves in an exciton polariton condensate
Author :
Dominici, L. ; De Giorgi, M. ; Ballarini, D. ; Cancellieri, E. ; Laussy, F. ; Giacobino, E. ; Bramati, A. ; Gigli, Giuseppe ; Sanvitto, D.
Author_Institution :
Ist. Italiano di Tecnol., Lecce, Italy
Abstract :
We demonstrate for the first time the generation of shock waves and standing bright soliton in an exciton polariton condensate resonantly created in a semiconductor microcavity, showing few ps rise time and 20ps persistence after 100fs excitation.
Keywords :
excitons; microcavities; optical solitons; polaritons; shock waves; exciton polariton condensate; semiconductor microcavity; shock wave generation; standing bright soliton; time 100 fs; time 20 ps; Dispersion; Excitons; Fluids; Microcavities; Photonics; Shock waves; Solitons;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
