Visualising Berry phase and diabolical points in a quantum exciton-polariton billiard
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- Diabolical points (spectral degeneracies) can naturally occur in spectra of two-dimensional quantum systems and classical wave resonators due to simple symmetries. Geometric Berry phase is associated with these spectral degeneracies. Here, we demonstrate a diabolical point and the corresponding Berry phase in the spectrum of hybrid light-matter quasiparticles—exciton-polaritons in semiconductor microcavities. It is well known that sufficiently strong optical pumping can drive exciton-polaritons to quantum degeneracy, whereby they form aDiabolical points (spectral degeneracies) can naturally occur in spectra of two-dimensional quantum systems and classical wave resonators due to simple symmetries. Geometric Berry phase is associated with these spectral degeneracies. Here, we demonstrate a diabolical point and the corresponding Berry phase in the spectrum of hybrid light-matter quasiparticles—exciton-polaritons in semiconductor microcavities. It is well known that sufficiently strong optical pumping can drive exciton-polaritons to quantum degeneracy, whereby they form a macroscopically populated quantum coherent state similar to a Bose-Einstein condensate. By pumping a microcavity with a spatially structured light beam, we create a two-dimensional quantum billiard for the exciton-polariton condensate and demonstrate a diabolical point in the spectrum of the billiard eigenstates. The fully reconfigurable geometry of the potential walls controlled by the optical pump enables a striking experimental visualization of the Berry phase associated with the diabolical point. The Berry phase is observed and measured by direct imaging of the macroscopic exciton-polariton probability densities.…
Author: | E. Estrecho, T. Gao, S. Brodbeck, M. Kamp, C. Schneider, S. Höfling, A. G. Truscott, E. A. Ostrovskaya |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-167496 |
Document Type: | Journal article |
Faculties: | Fakultät für Physik und Astronomie / Physikalisches Institut |
Language: | English |
Parent Title (English): | Scientific Reports |
Year of Completion: | 2016 |
Volume: | 6 |
Issue: | 37653 |
Source: | Scientific Reports 6:37653 (2016). DOI: 10.1038/srep37653 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1038/srep37653 |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 53 Physik / 530 Physik |
Tag: | Berry phase; diabolical points; exciton-polariton; quantum billiard |
Release Date: | 2019/08/27 |
Licence (German): | CC BY: Creative-Commons-Lizenz: Namensnennung 4.0 International |