A macroscopic quantum pendulum has now been created by confining a polariton condensate in a parabolic optical trap. Spectacular images of multiparticle wavefunctions are obtained by purely optical means.
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Kavokin, A. Polariton pendulum. Nature Phys 8, 183–184 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys2197
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