2010/01/31 by Gaël Nardin, Konstantinos G. Lagoudakis, Barbara Piętka +5 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Mechanical and Optical Resonators #Quantum and electron transport phenomena #Strong Light-Matter Interactions #cond-mat.quant-gas
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevb.82.073303
published as Phys. Rev. B. 82, 073303 (2010)
arxiv created 2010/05/30 · openalex publication_date 2010/08/10 · arxiv updated 2011/02/09 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We resonantly excite exciton-polariton states confined in cylindrical traps. Using a homodyne detection setup, we are able to image the phase and amplitude of the confined polariton states. We evidence the excitation of vortex states, carrying an integer angular orbital momentum m, analogous to the transverse TEM_01^\ensuremath∗ ``donut'' mode of cylindrically symmetric optical resonators. Tuning the excitation conditions allows us to select the charge of the vortex. In this way, the injection of singly charged (m=1 and m=\ensuremath-1) and doubly charged (m=2) polariton vortices is shown. This work demonstrates the potential of in-plane confinement coupled with selective excitation for the topological tailoring of polariton wave functions.