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High Resolution Phonon-assisted Quasi-resonance Fluorescence Spectroscopy
Published on: June 28, 2016
High-Resolution Coherent Probe Spectroscopy of a Polariton Quantum Fluid
F Claude1, M J Jacquet1, R Usciati2
1Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Sorbonne Université, ENS-Université PSL, Collège de France, CNRS, 4 place Jussieu, 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France.
Abstract:
Characterizing elementary excitations in quantum fluids is essential to study their collective effects. We present an original angle-resolved coherent probe spectroscopy technique to study the dispersion of these excitation modes in a fluid of polaritons under resonant pumping. Thanks to the unprecedented spectral and spatial resolution, we observe directly the low-energy phononic behavior and detect the negative-energy modes, i.e., the ghost branch, of the dispersion relation. In addition, we reveal narrow spectral features precursory of dynamical instabilities due to the intrinsic out-of-equilibrium nature of the system. This technique provides the missing tool for the quantitative study of quantum hydrodynamics in polariton fluids.
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