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Transmutation of skyrmions to half-solitons driven by the nonlinear optical spin Hall effect.
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Physical review letters [Phys Rev Lett] 2013 Jan 04; Vol. 110 (1), pp. 016404. Date of Electronic Publication: 2013 Jan 03. - Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- We show that the spin domains, generated in the linear optical spin Hall effect by the analog of spin-orbit interaction for exciton polaritons, are associated with the formation of a Skyrmion lattice. In the nonlinear regime, the spin anisotropy of the polariton-polariton interactions results in a spatial compression of the domains and in a transmutation of the Skyrmions into oblique half-solitons. This phase transition is associated with both the focusing of the spin currents and the emergence of a strongly anisotropic emission pattern.
- Subjects :
- Nonlinear Dynamics
Scattering, Radiation
Models, Theoretical
Quantum Theory
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1079-7114
- Volume :
- 110
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Physical review letters
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 23383815
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.016404