Coherent topological polariton laser

Tristan H. Harder; Meng Sun; Oleg A. Egorov; Ihor Vakulchyk; Johannes Beierlein; Philipp Gagel; Monika Emmerling; Christian Schneider; Ulf Peschel; Ivan G. Savenko; Sebastian Klembt; Sven Höfling

doi:10.1021/acsphotonics.0c01958

Coherent topological polariton laser

Tristan H. Harder, Meng Sun, Oleg A. Egorov, Ihor Vakulchyk, Johannes Beierlein, Philipp Gagel, Monika Emmerling, Christian Schneider, Ulf Peschel, Ivan G. Savenko, Sebastian Klembt, Sven Höfling

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Topological concepts have been applied to a wide range of fields in order to successfully describe the emergence of robust edge modes that are unaffected by scattering or disorder. In photonics, indications of lasing from topologically protected modes with improved overall laser characteristics were observed. Here, we study exciton-polariton microcavity traps that are arranged in a one-dimensional Su-Schrieffer-Heeger lattice and form a topological defect mode from which we unequivocally observe highly coherent polariton lasing. Additionally, we confirm the excitonic contribution to the polariton lasing by applying an external magnetic field. These systematic experimental findings of robust lasing and high temporal coherence are meticulously reproduced by a combination of a generalized Gross-Pitaevskii model and a Lindblad master equation model. Thus, by using the comparatively simple SSH geometry, we are able to describe and control the exciton-polariton topological lasing, allowing for a deeper understanding of topological effects on microlasers.

Original language	English
Journal	ACS Photonics
Volume	Articles ASAP
Early online date	13 Apr 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.0c01958
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 13 Apr 2021

Keywords

Exciton-polariton
Polariton condensation
Topological lasing
Su-Schrieffer-Heeger
Coherence

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Samuel, I. D. W. (PI), Höfling, S. (CoI), Keeling, J. M. J. (CoI) & Turnbull, G. (CoI)
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