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Exciton-polaritons in lattices: A non-linear photonic simulator

Year: 2016

Type: article

Abstract: Microcavity polaritons are mixed light–matter quasiparticles with extraordinary nonlinear properties, which can be easily accessed in photoluminescence experiments. Thanks to the possibility of designing the potential landscape of polaritons, this system provides a versatile photonic platform to emulate 1D and 2D Hamiltonians. Polaritons allow transposing to the photonic world some of the properties of electrons in solid-state systems, and to engineer Hamiltonians for photons with novel transport properties. Here we review some experimental implementations of polariton Hamiltonians using lattice geometries.

Source: Comptes Rendus Physique

DOI: 10.1016/j.crhy.2016.08.007

Authors: Alberto Amo, Jacqueline Bloch

Institutions: Université Paris-Sud, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Paris-Saclay, Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies, École Polytechnique

Language: English

Topic: Strong Light-Matter Interactions

Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Funders: Agence Nationale de la Recherche, European Research Council

Awards: Idex Paris-Saclay, QUANtum DYnamics of exciton-polariton conDEnsates, G673711456