Order-disorder oscillations in exciton-polariton superfluids

Phys Rev Lett. 2013 Jan 11;110(2):026401. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.026401. Epub 2013 Jan 7.

Abstract

The dynamics of an exciton-polariton superfluid resonantly pumped in a semiconductor microcavity are investigated by mean-field theory. Modulational instability develops into crystalline order, and then, ordered and disordered states alternately form. It is found that the crystalline order at rest can coexist with superflow.