Persistent currents and quantized vortices in a polariton superfluid

Nature Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 527-533

  Sanvitto, D ^a   Marchetti, F M ^a   Szymanska M H ^b,c   Tosi, G ^a   Baudisch, M ^a   Laussy, F P ^d   Krizhanovskii, D N ^e   Skolnick, M S ^e   Marrucci, L ^f   Lemaitre A ^g   Bloch, J ^g   Tejedor, C ^a   Via L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON CENTRE FOR NANOTECHNOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^g CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATION; LIQUEFIED GASES; PHONONS; PHOTONS; SUPERFLUID HELIUM;

FUNDAMENTAL PROPERTIES; GROSS-PITAEVSKII EQUATION; IRROTATIONAL FLOW; NON EQUILIBRIUM; PERSISTENT CURRENTS; POLARITON CONDENSATES; QUANTIZED VORTEX; TWO-COMPONENT;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 77954348971     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1668     Document Type: Article

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