Physics – Condensed Matter – Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Scientific paper
2009-10-14
J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 210, 012024 (2010)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
4 pages, 2 figs, Optics of Excitons in Confined Systems 11 (Madrid, 7-11 september 2009)
Scientific paper
10.1088/1742-6596/210/1/012024
The presence of polarization splitting of exciton-polariton branches in planar semiconductor microcavities has a pronounced effect on vortices in polariton condensates. We show that the TE-TM splitting leads to the coupling between the left and right half-vortices (vortices in the right and left circular components of the condensate), that otherwise do not interact. We analyze also the effect of linear polarization pinning resulted from a fixed splitting between two perpendicular linear polarizations. In this case, half-vortices acquire strings (solitons) attached to them. The half-vortices with strings can be detected by observing the interference fringes of light emitted from the cavity in two circular polarizations. The string affects the fringes in both polarizations. Namely, the half-vortex is characterized by an asymmetric fork-like dislocation in one circular polarization; the fringes in the other circular polarization are continuous, but they are shifted by crossing the string.
Rubo Yuri G.
Solano Toledo M.
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