Interferences between Bogoliubov excitations and their impact on the evidence of superfluidity in a paraxial fluid of light
arXiv:2005.14328 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.043297
Abstract
Paraxial fluids of light represent an alternative platform to atomic Bose-Einstein condensates and superfluid liquids for the study of the quantum behaviour of collective excitations. A key step in this direction is the precise characterization of the Bogoliubov dispersion relation, as recently shown in two experiments. However, the predicted interferences between the phonon excitations that would be a clear signature of the collective superfluid behaviour have not been observed to date. Here, by analytically, numerically, and experimentally exploring the phonon phase-velocity, we observe the presence of interferences between counter-propagating Bogoliubov excitations and demonstrate their critical impact on the measurement of the dispersion relation. These results are evidence of a key signature of light superfluidity and provide a novel characterization tool for quantum simulations with photons.
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