Hydrodynamic nucleation of quantized vortex pairs in a polariton quantum fluid

Nature Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 635-641

  Nardin, Gaël ^a   Grosso, Gabriele ^a   Léger, Yoan ^a   Pietka, Barbara ^a,b   Morier Genoud, Franois ^a   Deveaud Plédran, Benoît ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATION; GASES; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIQUEFIED GASES; NUCLEATION; PHONONS; PHOTONS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SUPERFLUID HELIUM;

CLASSICAL FLUIDS; EXCITON POLARITONS; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; GROSS-PITAEVSKII EQUATION; NON EQUILIBRIUM; NUCLEATION MECHANISM; QUANTIZED VORTEX; QUANTUM COUNTERPART;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 79961031444     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1959     Document Type: Article

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