Zitterbewegung of exciton-polaritons

E. S. Sedov, Y. G. Rubo, and A. V. Kavokin
Phys. Rev. B 97, 245312 – Published 29 June 2018
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    Macroscopic wave packets of spin-polarized exciton-polaritons in two-dimensional microcavities experience the zitterbewegung, the effect manifested by the appearance of the oscillatory motion of polaritons in the direction normal to the initial propagation direction. The oscillating trajectories of exciton-polaritons are adjustable by the control parameters: the splitting of the longitudinal and transverse exciton-polariton modes, the wave vector, and the width of the resonant cw pump. Our theoretical analysis supported by the numerical calculations allowed us to optimize values of the control parameters suitable for a direct experimental observation of the zitterbewegung effect.

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    • Received 12 February 2018
    • Revised 11 May 2018

    DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.97.245312

    ©2018 American Physical Society

    Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

    1. Research Areas
    Exciton polaritonPolaritonsSpin polarizationSpin-orbit coupling
    Condensed Matter, Materials & Applied Physics

    Authors & Affiliations

    E. S. Sedov1,2,*, Y. G. Rubo3,4, and A. V. Kavokin5,1,6

    • 1School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southampton, SO17 1NJ Southampton, United Kingdom
    • 2Department of Physics and Applied Mathematics, Vladimir State University named after A. G. and N. G. Stoletovs, Gorky str. 87, 600000, Vladimir, Russia
    • 3Instituto de Energías Renovables, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Temixco, Morelos 62580, Mexico
    • 4Center for Theoretical Physics of Complex Systems, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon 34051, Republic of Korea
    • 5CNR-SPIN, Viale del Politecnico 1, I-00133, Rome, Italy
    • 6Spin Optics Laboratory, St. Petersburg State University, Ul'anovskaya 1, Peterhof, St. Petersburg 198504, Russia

    • *evgeny_sedov@mail.ru

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    Vol. 97, Iss. 24 — 15 June 2018

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