Spontaneous generation, enhanced propagation and optical imprinting of quantized vortices and dark solitons in a polariton superfluid: towards the control of quantum turbulence

TL;DR

This paper reviews how bistability-enhanced propagation and optical imprinting in polariton superfluids enable the generation and control of topological excitations, paving the way for studying quantum turbulence in light-based quantum fluids.

Contribution

It introduces a novel experimental scheme combining bistability and optical imprinting to generate and manipulate vortices and solitons in polariton superfluids, advancing quantum turbulence research.

Findings

Demonstrated macroscopic propagation of polariton fluids

Achieved controlled generation of vortices and dark solitons

Outlined future research directions in quantum turbulence

Abstract

In resonantly pumped polariton superfluids we recently explored a new regime based on the bistability of the polariton system to enhance the propagation of polariton fluids up to macroscopic distances. This technique together with an all-optical imprinting method allowed the generation and control of various topological excitations such as quantized vortices and dark solitons. The flexibility and scalability of the new experimental scheme opens the way to the systematic study of quantum turbulence in driven dissipative quantum fluids of light. In this article we review the basic working principles of the bistability enhanced propagation and of the imprinting technique and we discuss the main achieved results as well as the most promising future research directions.