Optical control of spin textures in quasi-one-dimensional polariton condensates

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2015

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Anton, C
Morina, S
Gao, Tingge
Eldridge, PS
Liew, T.C.H.
Martin, MD
Hatzopoulos, Z
Savvidis, P.G
Shelykh, I.A
Vina, L

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American Physical Society

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We investigate spin transport through polarization-resolved spectroscopy by propagating polariton condensates in a quasi-one-dimensional microcavity ridge along macroscopic distances. Under circularly polarized, continuous-wave, nonresonant excitation, a sinusoidal precession of the spin in real space is observed whose phase depends on the emission energy. The experiments are compared with simulations of the spinor-polariton condensate dynamics based on a generalized Gross-Pitaevskii equation, modified to account for incoherent pumping, decay, and energy relaxation within the condensate.

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Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials

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