Oblique half-solitons and their generation in exciton-polariton condensates

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作者
Flayac, H. [1 ]
Solnyshkov, D. D.
Malpuech, G.
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[1] Univ Clermont Ferrand, Clermont Univ, LASMEA, F-63000 Clermont Ferrand, France
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 2011年 / 83卷 / 19期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.83.193305
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T [工业技术];
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08 ;
摘要
We describe oblique half-solitons, a new type of topological defects in a two-dimensional spinor Bose-Einstein condensate. A realistic protocol based on the optical spin Hall effect is proposed toward their generation within an exciton-polariton system.
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