Vortex clusters in a stirred polariton condensate

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Hauptverfasser: Gnusov, Ivan, Harrison, Stella, Alyatkin, Sergey, Sitnik, Kirill, Sigurdsson, Helgi, Lagoudakis, Pavlos G.
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author Gnusov, Ivan
Harrison, Stella
Alyatkin, Sergey
Sitnik, Kirill
Sigurdsson, Helgi
Lagoudakis, Pavlos G.
author_facet Gnusov, Ivan
Harrison, Stella
Alyatkin, Sergey
Sitnik, Kirill
Sigurdsson, Helgi
Lagoudakis, Pavlos G.
contents The response of superfluids to the external rotation, evidenced by emergence of quantised vortices, distinguishes them from conventional fluids. In this work, we demonstrate that the number of vortices in a stirred polariton condensate depends on the characteristic size of the employed rotating potential induced by the nonresonant laser excitation. For smaller sizes, a single vortex with a topological charge of +-1 corresponding to the stirring direction is formed. However, for larger optical traps, clusters of two or three co-rotating vortices appear in the narrow range of GHz stirring speed.
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spellingShingle Vortex clusters in a stirred polariton condensate
Gnusov, Ivan
Harrison, Stella
Alyatkin, Sergey
Sitnik, Kirill
Sigurdsson, Helgi
Lagoudakis, Pavlos G.
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Quantum Gases
Optics
The response of superfluids to the external rotation, evidenced by emergence of quantised vortices, distinguishes them from conventional fluids. In this work, we demonstrate that the number of vortices in a stirred polariton condensate depends on the characteristic size of the employed rotating potential induced by the nonresonant laser excitation. For smaller sizes, a single vortex with a topological charge of +-1 corresponding to the stirring direction is formed. However, for larger optical traps, clusters of two or three co-rotating vortices appear in the narrow range of GHz stirring speed.
title Vortex clusters in a stirred polariton condensate
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Quantum Gases
Optics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.09373