Selective Excitation of Exciton-Polariton Condensate Modes in an Annular Perovskite Microcavity

Nano Lett. 2024 Apr 15;24(16):4959-4964. doi: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c00634. Online ahead of print.

Abstract

Exciton-polariton systems composed of a light-matter quasi-particle with a light effective mass easily realize Bose-Einstein condensation. In this work, we constructed an annular trap in a halide perovskite semiconductor microcavity and observed the spontaneous formation of symmetrical petal-shaped exciton-polariton condensation in the annular trap at room temperature. In our study, we found that the number of petals of the petal-shaped exciton-polariton condensates, which is decided by the orbital angular momentum, is dependent on the light intensity distribution. Therefore, the selective excitation of perovskite microcavity exciton-polariton condensates under all-optical control can be realized by adjusting the light intensity distribution. This could pave the way to room-temperature topological devices, optical cryptographical devices, and new quantum gyroscopes in the exciton-polariton system.

Keywords: bosonic condensation; exciton−polariton; light field regulation; perovskite microcavity; selective excitation.