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20162026
most citedDirect measurement of polariton-polariton interaction strength in the Thomas-Fermi regime of exciton-polariton condensation

105 citations · 594 across the 26 of their papers we have counts for

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28 papers

cond-mat.quant-gas2026

Bogoliubov excitations of a Bose-Einstein condensate in the presence of the non-Hermitian skin effect

Carlo Panu, Ulf Peschel, Oleg A. Egorov +2

The non-Hermitian skin effect is one of the most remarkable topological features of non-conservative physics. It causes a macroscopic accumulation of states at the boundaries of a…

cond-mat.quant-gas2026

Dynamical development of long-range spatial coherence in non-equilibrium bosonic condensation

Bianca Rae Fabricante, Dąbrówka Biegańska, Paolo Comaron +14

Development of spontaneous coherence is one of the hallmarks of bosonic condensation in a variety of physical systems, such as cold atoms, confined photons, and hybrid light-matter…

physics.optics2025

Momentum-space non-Hermitian skin effect in an exciton-polariton system

Yow-Ming, Hu, Mateusz Król +11

Localization of a macroscopic number of eigenstates on a real-space boundary, known as the non-Hermitian skin effect, is one of the striking topological features emerging from non-…

quant-ph2025

Zitterbewegung Effect and Quantum Geometry in Non-Hermitian Exciton-Polariton Systems

Yow-Ming Robin Hu, Elena A. Ostrovskaya, Eliezer Estrecho

In this work, we analytically derive a semi-classical equation of motion describing the zitterbewegung effects arising in the dynamics of wavepackets in non-Hermitian systems. In H…

cond-mat.mes-hall2025★ 1 cited

Emergent momentum-space topological pseudospin defects in non-Hermitian systems

Yow-Ming Robin Hu, Elena A. Ostrovskaya, Alexander Yakimenko +1

Topological defects are central to modern physics, from spintronics to photonics, due to their robustness and potential application in information processing. In this work, we disc…

cond-mat.mes-hall2024

Intrinsically chiral exciton polaritons in an atomically-thin semiconductor

Matthias J. Wurdack, Ivan Iorsh, Sarka Vavreckova +15

Photonic bound states in the continuum (BICs) have emerged as a versatile tool for enhancing light-matter interactions by strongly confining light fields. Chiral BICs are photonic…

cond-mat.mes-hall2024

Robust Room-Temperature Polariton Condensation and Lasing in Scalable FAPbBr Perovskite Microcavities

Mateusz Król, Mitko Oldfield, Matthias Wurdack +6

Exciton-polariton condensation in direct bandgap semiconductors strongly coupled to light enables a broad range of fundamental studies and applications like low-threshold and elect…

cond-mat.quant-gas2024★ 7 cited

Coherence of a non-equilibrium polariton condensate across the interaction-mediated phase transition

P. Comaron, E. Estrecho, M. Wurdack +9

The emergence of spatial coherence in a confined two-dimensional Bose gas of exciton-polaritons with tuneable interactions offers a unique opportunity to explore the role of intera…

physics.optics2024★ 9 cited

Narrow-linewidth exciton-polariton laser

Bianca Rae Fabricante, Mateusz Król, Matthias Wurdack +8

Exciton-polariton laser is a promising source of coherent light for low-energy applications due to its low-threshold operation. However, a detailed experimental study of its spectr…

cond-mat.mes-hall2023★ 25 cited

Generalized Quantum Geometric Tensor in a Non-Hermitian Exciton-Polariton System

Y. -M. Robin Hu, Elena A. Ostrovskaya, Eliezer Estrecho

In this work, we review different generalizations of the quantum geometric tensor (QGT) in two-band non-Hermitian systems and propose a protocol for measuring them in experiments.…

cond-mat.mes-hall2022

Wave packet dynamics in a non-Hermitian exciton-polariton system

Y. -M. Robin Hu, Elena A. Ostrovskaya, Eliezer Estrecho

We theoretically investigate the dynamics of wave packets in a generic, non-Hermitian, optically anisotropic exciton-polariton system that exhibits degeneracies of its complex-valu…

cond-mat.mes-hall2022★ 60 cited

Exciton-polaron interactions in monolayer WS

Jack B. Muir, Jesper Levinsen, Stuart K. Earl +12

Interactions between quasiparticles are of fundamental importance and ultimately determine the macroscopic properties of quantum matter. A famous example is the phenomenon of super…

cond-mat.mes-hall2022★ 34 cited

Negative-mass exciton polaritons induced by dissipative light-matter coupling in an atomically thin semiconductor

M. Wurdack, T. Yun, M. Katzer +5

Dispersion engineering is a powerful and versatile tool that can vary the speed of light signals and induce negative-mass effects in the dynamics of particles and quasiparticles. H…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2022★ 7 cited

Fabrication of high-quality PMMA/SiO spaced planar microcavities for strong coupling of light with monolayer WS excitons

Tinghe Yun, Eliezer Estrecho, Andrew G. Truscott +2

Exciton polaritons in atomically-thin transition metal dichalcogenide crystals (monolayer TMDCs) have emerged as a promising candidate to enable topological transport, ultra-effici…

cond-mat.mes-hall2021★ 20 cited

Enhancing ground state population and macroscopic coherence of room-temperature WS polaritons through engineered confinement

M. Wurdack, E. Estrecho, S. Todd +3

Exciton-polaritons (polaritons herein) in transition-metal dichalcogenide monolayers have attracted significant attention due to their potential for polariton-based optoelectronics…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2021★ 13 cited

Influence of direct deposition of dielectric materials on the optical response of monolayer WS

Tinghe Yun, Matthias Wurdack, Maciej Pieczarka +8

The integration of two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenide crystals (TMDCs) into a dielectric environment is critical for optoelectronic and photonic device applications. H…

cond-mat.mes-hall2021★ 78 cited

Motional narrowing, ballistic transport, and trapping of room-temperature exciton polaritons in an atomically-thin semiconductor

M. Wurdack, E. Estrecho, S. Todd +7

Atomically-thin transition metal dichalcogenide crystals (TMDCs) hold great promise for future semiconductor optoelectronics due to their unique electronic and optical properties.…

physics.optics2021★ 2 cited

Topological phase transition in an all-optical exciton-polariton lattice

M. Pieczarka, E. Estrecho, S. Ghosh +8

Topological insulators are a class of electronic materials exhibiting robust edge states immune to perturbations and disorder. This concept has been successfully adapted in photoni…

physics.optics2020★ 3 cited

Direct Measurement of a Non-Hermitian Topological Invariant in a Hybrid Light-Matter System

Rui Su, Eliezer Estrecho, Dąbrówka Biegańska +7

Topology is central to understanding and engineering materials that display robust physical phenomena immune to imperfections. Different topological phases of matter are characteri…

cond-mat.quant-gas2020

Collective excitations of exciton-polariton condensates in a synthetic gauge field

D. Biegańska, M. Pieczarka, E. Estrecho +7

Collective (elementary) excitations of quantum bosonic condensates, including condensates of exciton polaritons in semiconductor microcavities, are a sensitive probe of interpartic…

cond-mat.mes-hall2020★ 1 cited

Long-lived populations of momentum- and spin-indirect excitons in monolayer WSe

Shao-Yu Chen, Maciej Pieczarka, Matthias Wurdack +6

Monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides are a promising platform to investigate many-body interactions of excitonic complexes. In monolayer tungsten diselenide, the ground-state…

cond-mat.quant-gas2019★ 57 cited

Observation of quantum depletion in a nonequilibrium exciton-polariton condensate

Maciej Pieczarka, Eliezer Estrecho, Maryam Boozarjmehr +9

The property of superfluidity, first discovered in liquid 4He, is closely related to Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC) of interacting bosons. However, even at zero temperature, when…

cond-mat.quant-gas2018★ 105 cited

Direct measurement of polariton-polariton interaction strength in the Thomas-Fermi regime of exciton-polariton condensation

E. Estrecho, T. Gao, N. Bobrovska +12

Bosonic condensates of exciton polaritons (light-matter quasiparticles in a semiconductor) provide a solid-state platform for studies of non-equilibrium quantum systems with a spon…

cond-mat.quant-gas2018★ 28 cited

Effect of optically-induced potential on the energy of trapped exciton-polaritons below the condensation threshold

M. Pieczarka, M. Boozarjmehr, E. Estrecho +8

Exciton-polaritons (polaritons herein) offer a unique nonlinear platform for studies of collective macroscopic quantum phenomena in a solid state system. Shaping of polariton flow…