Half-solitons in a polariton quantum fluid behave like magnetic monopoles

Nature Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 724-728

  Hivet, R ^a   Flayac, H ^b   Solnyshkov, D D ^b   Tanese, D ^c   Boulier, T ^a   Andreoli, D ^a   Giacobino, E ^a   Bloch, J ^c   Bramati, A ^a   Malpuech, G ^b   Amo, A ^c  

^a LABORATOIRE KASTLER BROSSEL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATION; DEFECTS; PHONONS; PHOTONS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SOLITONS; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; TEXTURES;

BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATES; FERROMAGNETIC NANOWIRE; MAGNETIC CURRENTS; MAGNETIC MONOPOLES; PHASE EXCITATIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR MICROCAVITIES; SPINOR CONDENSATES; TOPOLOGICAL EXCITATIONS;

MAGNETIC FIELDS;

EID: 84867191926     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys2406     Document Type: Article

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