Chana, J.K., Sich, M. orcid.org/0000-0003-4155-3958, Fras, F. et al. (9 more authors) (2015) Spatial Patterns of Dissipative Polariton Solitons in Semiconductor Microcavities. Physical Review Letters, 115 (25). ISSN 0031-9007
Abstract
We report propagating bound microcavity polariton soliton arrays consisting of multipeak structures either along (x) or perpendicular (y) to the direction of propagation. Soliton arrays of up to five solitons are observed, with the number of solitons controlled by the size and power of the triggering laser pulse. The breakup along the x direction occurs when the effective area of the trigger pulse exceeds the characteristic soliton size determined by polariton-polariton interactions. Narrowing of soliton emission in energymomentum space indicates phase locking between adjacent solitons, consistent with numerical modeling which predicts stable multihump soliton solutions. In the y direction, the breakup originates from inhomogeneity across the wave front in the transverse direction which develops into a stable array only in the solitonic regime via phase-dependent interactions of propagating fronts.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | Published by the American Physical Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published article’s title, journal citation, and DOI. |
Keywords: | cond-mat.mes-hall; cond-mat.mes-hall; nlin.PS; physics.optics |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Science (Sheffield) > Department of Physics and Astronomy (Sheffield) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number LEVERHULME TRUST (THE) RPG-2013-339 ENGINEERING AND PHYSICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL (EPSRC) EP/J007544/1 EUROPEAN RESEARCH COUNCIL EXCIPOL - 320570 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 21 Jul 2016 09:06 |
Last Modified: | 23 Jun 2023 21:45 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.256401 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | American Physical Society |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.256401 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:84427 |