Single vortex-antivortex pair in an exciton-polariton condensate

Nature Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 129-133

  Roumpos, Georgios ^a   Fraser, Michael D ^b,c   Löffler, Andreas ^d   Höfling, Sven ^d   Forchel, Alfred ^d   Yamamoto, Yoshihisa ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATICS   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATION; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); EXCITONS; MICHELSON INTERFEROMETERS; PHONONS; PHOTONS; PUMPING (LASER); THERMODYNAMICS;

EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; GROSS-PITAEVSKII EQUATION; MICHELSON INTERFEROMETRY; NONEQUILIBRIUM SYSTEM; TWO DEGREES OF FREEDOM; TWO-DIMENSIONAL EXCITONS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS; VORTEX-ANTIVORTEX PAIRS;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 79551635247     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1841     Document Type: Article

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