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Next-nearest-neighbor coupling with spinor polariton condensates

Dmitriy Dovzhenko1,*, Denis Aristov1, Lucinda Pickup1, Helgi Sigurðsson2,3, and Pavlos Lagoudakis1,4

  • 1School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom
  • 2Science Institute, University of Iceland, Dunhagi 3, IS-107 Reykjavik, Iceland
  • 3Institute of Experimental Physics, Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, ul. Pasteura 5, PL-02-093 Warsaw, Poland
  • 4Hybrid Photonics Laboratory, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Territory of Innovation Center Skolkovo, Bolshoy Boulevard 30, building 1, 121205 Moscow, Russia

  • *DovzhenkoDS@gmail.com
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Phys. Rev. B 108, L161301 – Published 11 October, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.108.L161301

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We report on experimental observation of next-nearest-neighbor coupling between ballistically expanding spinor exciton-polariton condensates in a planar semiconductor microcavity. All-optical control over the coupling strength between neighboring condensates is demonstrated through distance-periodic pseudospin screening of their ballistic particle outflow due to the inherent splitting of the planar cavity transverse-electric and transverse-magnetic modes. By screening the nearest-neighbor coupling we overcome the conventional spatial coupling hierarchy between condensates. This offers a promising route toward creating unconventional nonplanar many-body Hamiltonians using networks of ballistically expanding spinor exciton-polariton condensates.

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Phys. Rev. B 108, L161301– Published 11 October, 2023
  • Received 12 January 2023
  • Revised 15 May 2023
  • Accepted 15 September 2023
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