Organic room-temperature polariton condensate in a higher-order topological lattice

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Hauptverfasser: Bennenhei, Christoph, Shan, Hangyong, Struve, Marti, Kunte, Nils, Eilenberger, Falk, Ohmer, Jürgen, Fischer, Utz, Schumacher, Stefan, Ma, Xuekai, Schneider, Christian, Esmann, Martin
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author Bennenhei, Christoph
Shan, Hangyong
Struve, Marti
Kunte, Nils
Eilenberger, Falk
Ohmer, Jürgen
Fischer, Utz
Schumacher, Stefan
Ma, Xuekai
Schneider, Christian
Esmann, Martin
author_facet Bennenhei, Christoph
Shan, Hangyong
Struve, Marti
Kunte, Nils
Eilenberger, Falk
Ohmer, Jürgen
Fischer, Utz
Schumacher, Stefan
Ma, Xuekai
Schneider, Christian
Esmann, Martin
contents Organic molecule exciton-polaritons in photonic lattices are a versatile platform to emulate unconventional phases of matter at ambient conditions, including protected interface modes in topological insulators. Here, we investigate bosonic condensation in the most prototypical higher-order topological lattice: a 2D-version of the Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) model, supporting both 0D and 1D topological modes. We study fluorescent protein-filled, structured microcavities defining a staggered photonic trapping potential and observe the resulting first- and higher-order topologically protected modes via spatially resolved photoluminescence spectroscopy. We account for the spatial mode patterns by tight-binding calculations and theoretically characterize the topological invariants of the lattice. Under strong optical pumping, we observe bosonic condensation into the topological modes. Via interferometric measurements, we map the spatial first-order coherence in the protected 1D modes extending over 10 microns. Our findings pave the way towards organic on-chip polaritonics using higher-order topology as a tool for the generation of robustly confined polaritonic lasing states.
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spellingShingle Organic room-temperature polariton condensate in a higher-order topological lattice
Bennenhei, Christoph
Shan, Hangyong
Struve, Marti
Kunte, Nils
Eilenberger, Falk
Ohmer, Jürgen
Fischer, Utz
Schumacher, Stefan
Ma, Xuekai
Schneider, Christian
Esmann, Martin
Optics
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Organic molecule exciton-polaritons in photonic lattices are a versatile platform to emulate unconventional phases of matter at ambient conditions, including protected interface modes in topological insulators. Here, we investigate bosonic condensation in the most prototypical higher-order topological lattice: a 2D-version of the Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) model, supporting both 0D and 1D topological modes. We study fluorescent protein-filled, structured microcavities defining a staggered photonic trapping potential and observe the resulting first- and higher-order topologically protected modes via spatially resolved photoluminescence spectroscopy. We account for the spatial mode patterns by tight-binding calculations and theoretically characterize the topological invariants of the lattice. Under strong optical pumping, we observe bosonic condensation into the topological modes. Via interferometric measurements, we map the spatial first-order coherence in the protected 1D modes extending over 10 microns. Our findings pave the way towards organic on-chip polaritonics using higher-order topology as a tool for the generation of robustly confined polaritonic lasing states.
title Organic room-temperature polariton condensate in a higher-order topological lattice
topic Optics
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.06267