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Observation of Half Quantum Vortices in an Exciton-Polariton Condensate

Lagoudakis, K. G.  
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Ostatnický, T.
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Kavokin, A. V.
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2009
Science

Singly quantized vortices have already been observed in many systems, including the superfluid helium, Bose-Einstein condensates of dilute atomic gases, and condensates of exciton-polaritons in the solid state. Two-dimensional superfluids carrying spin are expected to demonstrate a different type of elementary excitations referred to as half-quantum vortices, characterized by a (pi) rotation of the phase and a (pi) rotation of the polarization vector when circumventing the vortex core. We detect half-quantum vortices in an exciton-polariton condensate by means of polarization-resolved interferometry, real-space spectroscopy, and phase imaging. Half-quantum vortices coexist with single-quantum vortices in our sample.

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research article
DOI
10.1126/science.1177980
Web of Science ID

WOS:000271712300034

Author(s)
Lagoudakis, K. G.  
Ostatnický, T.
Kavokin, A. V.
Rubo, Y. G.
André, R.
Deveaud-Plédran, B.  
Date Issued

2009

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science

Published in
Science
Volume

326

Start page

974

End page

976

Subjects

POLARITONS

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CONDENSATION

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UNCONVENTIONAL VORTICITY

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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November 15, 2009
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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/44237
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