Backward Cherenkov radiation emitted by polariton solitons in a microcavity wire

D. V. Skryabin; Y. V. Kartashov; O. A. Egorov; M. Sich; J. K. Chana; L. E. Tapia Rodriguez; P. M. Walker; E. Clarke; B. Royall; M. S. Skolnick; D. N. Krizhanovskii

doi:10.1038/s41467-017-01751-6

Nature Communications (Nov 2017)

Backward Cherenkov radiation emitted by polariton solitons in a microcavity wire

D. V. Skryabin,
Y. V. Kartashov,
O. A. Egorov,
M. Sich,
J. K. Chana,
L. E. Tapia Rodriguez,
P. M. Walker,
E. Clarke,
B. Royall,
M. S. Skolnick,
D. N. Krizhanovskii

Affiliations

D. V. Skryabin: Department of Physics, University of Bath
Y. V. Kartashov: Department of Physics, University of Bath
O. A. Egorov: Department of Nanophotonics and Metamaterials, ITMO University
M. Sich: Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Sheffield
J. K. Chana: Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Sheffield
L. E. Tapia Rodriguez: Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Sheffield
P. M. Walker: Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Sheffield
E. Clarke: EPSRC National Centre for III-V Technologies, The University of Sheffield
B. Royall: Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Sheffield
M. S. Skolnick: Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Sheffield
D. N. Krizhanovskii: Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Sheffield

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01751-6
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Cherenkov radiation is generated from fast electrons and its optical analogue plays an important role in many nonlinear optical effects. Here, Skryabin et al. demonstrate backward-propagating photonic Cherenkov radiation generated from solitons in a semiconductor exciton-polariton system.

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ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
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