Pancharatnam–Berry phase in condensate of indirect excitons

J. R. Leonard; A. A. High; A. T. Hammack; M. M. Fogler; L. V. Butov; K. L. Campman; A. C. Gossard

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-04667-x

Nature Communications (Jun 2018)

Pancharatnam–Berry phase in condensate of indirect excitons

J. R. Leonard,
A. A. High,
A. T. Hammack,
M. M. Fogler,
L. V. Butov,
K. L. Campman,
A. C. Gossard

Affiliations

J. R. Leonard: Department of Physics, University of California at San Diego
A. A. High: Department of Physics, University of California at San Diego
A. T. Hammack: Department of Physics, University of California at San Diego
M. M. Fogler: Department of Physics, University of California at San Diego
L. V. Butov: Department of Physics, University of California at San Diego
K. L. Campman: Materials Department, University of California at Santa Barbara
A. C. Gossard: Materials Department, University of California at Santa Barbara

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04667-x
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 5

Abstract

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Geometric phases in matter are of fundamental interest. Here the authors observe the Pancharatnam–Berry phase in matter waves by imaging light interference patterns from cold gases of indirect excitons and find long-range coherent spin transport in the system.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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