Polariton crystallization in driven arrays of lossy nonlinear resonators.
We investigate the steady states of a lossy array of nonlinear optical resonators that are driven by lasers and interact via mutual photon tunneling. For weak nonlinearities, we find two-mode squeezing of polaritons in modes whose quasimomenta match the relative phases of the laser drives. For strong nonlinearities the spatial polariton density-density correlations indicate that the polaritons crystallize and are predominantly found at a specific distance from each other despite being injected by a coherent light source and damped by the environment.
Hartmann
Michael J
MJ
Technische Universität München, Physik Department, James-Franck-Strasse, 85748 Garching, Germany. michael.hartmann@ph.tum.de