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Dark Solitons in Waveguide Polariton Fluids Shed Light on Interaction Constants (1703.08351v1)
Published 24 Mar 2017 in cond-mat.quant-gas, cond-mat.mes-hall, nlin.PS, and physics.optics
Abstract: We study exciton-polariton nonlinear optical fluids in a high momentum regime for the first time. Defects in the fluid develop into dark solitons whose healing length decreases with increasing density. We deduce interaction constants for continuous wave polaritons an order of magnitude larger than with picosecond pulses. Time dependent measurements show a 100ps time for the buildup of the interaction strength suggesting a self-generated excitonic reservoir as the source of the extra nonlinearity. The experimental results agree well with a model of coupled photons, excitons and the reservoir.
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