Creation of orbital angular momentum states with chiral polaritonic lenses
Abstract
Controlled transfer of orbital angular momentum to an exciton-polariton Bose-Einstein condensate spontaneously created under incoherent, off resonant excitation conditions is a long-standing challenge in the field of microcavity polaritonics. We demonstrate, experimentally and theoretically, a simple and efficient approach to the generation of nontrivial orbital angular momentum states by using optically induced potentials - chiral polaritonic lenses. These lenses are produced by a structured optical pump with a spatial distribution of intensity that breaks the chiral symmetry of the system.
Citation
Dall , R , Fraser , M D , Desyatnikov , A S , Li , G , Brodbeck , S , Kamp , M , Schneider , C , Höfling , S & Ostrovskaya , E A 2014 , ' Creation of orbital angular momentum states with chiral polaritonic lenses ' , Physical Review Letters , vol. 113 , no. 20 . https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.200404
Publication
Physical Review Letters
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
0031-9007Type
Journal article
Rights
© 2014 American Physical Society.
Description
This work was supported by the Australian Research Council (ARC), the State of Bavaria, and Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) through its “Funding Program for World-Leading Innovative R&D on Science and Technology (FIRST Program).Collections
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