Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • News & Views
  • Published:

Dissipative polariton solitons

Proof of existence

Nature Photonics volume 6, pages 6–7 (2012)Cite this article

The experimental observation of bright dissipative polariton solitons in a semiconductor microcavity excited on picosecond timescales paves the way for ultranarrow light–matter localization and next-generation ultrafast information processing.

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Access options

Buy this article

  • Purchase on Springer Link
  • Instant access to full article PDF
Buy now

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

Figure 1: Experimental observation of bright dissipative polariton solitons in a semiconductor microcavity.

References

  1. Sich, M. et al. Nature Photon. 6, 50–55 (2012).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  2. Faraday, M. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. 121, 299–340 (1831).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  3. Purwins, H.-G., Bődeker, H. U. & Amiranashvili, Sh. Adv. Phys. 59, 485–701 (2010).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  4. Kuszelewicz, R., Barbay, S., Tissoni, G. & Almuneau. G. (eds) Eur. Phys. J. D 59, 1–149 (2010).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  5. Rosanov, N. N., Smirnov, V. A. & Fedorov, S. V. J. Exp. Theor. Phys. 102, 703–706 (2006).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  6. Egorov, O. A., Gorbach, A. V., Lederer, F. & Skryabin, D. V. Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 073903 (2010).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Nikolay N. Rosanov is at the Vavilov State Optical Institute, 12 Birzhevaya Line, St Petersburg 199034, Russia, and the National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics, 49 Kronverkskii pr., St Petersburg 197101, Russia,

    Nikolay N. Rosanov

Authors
  1. Nikolay N. Rosanov
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Nikolay N. Rosanov.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Rosanov, N. Proof of existence. Nature Photon 6, 6–7 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2011.324

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2011.324

Search

Advanced search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing