Circular polariton currents with integer and fractional orbital angular momenta
Evgeny Sedov, V. A. Lukoshkin, V. K. Kalevich, P. G. Savvidis, A. V. Kavokin
Abstract
The authors suggest that circular superfluid currents in polariton condensates may carry both integer and fractional average angular momenta, while their winding numbers or topological charges always remain integer.
Topics & Concepts
PolaritonPhysicsInteger (computer science)Quantum electrodynamicsMathematical physicsClassical mechanicsCondensed matter physicsComputer scienceProgramming languageStrong Light-Matter InteractionsMechanical and Optical ResonatorsQuantum and electron transport phenomena