Optically reconfigurable canalization of exciton-polaritons in a non-hyperbolic perovskite

TL;DR

This paper demonstrates optically reconfigurable canalization of nonlinear exciton-polariton condensates in a birefringent perovskite, enabling dynamic control over polariton flow without hyperbolic materials, promising for all-optical photonic circuits.

Contribution

It introduces a novel method to reconfigure polariton flow regimes in a birefringent perovskite microcavity, expanding control over nonlinear polariton condensates beyond hyperbolic responses.

Findings

Achieved over twentyfold collimation of polariton flow.

Demonstrated switching between hyperbolic and parabolic IFC regimes.

Reconfigurable polariton canalization via optical pumping spot size.

Abstract

The ability to steer polariton flow on-demand holds significant promise towards nanophotonic applications and photonic circuitry. Polariton canalization, exhibiting intrinsic collimation and diffractionless transport, emerges as a promising solution without guiding structures. However, earlier demonstrations have been restricted to certain crystal surfaces with intrinsic hyperbolic responses and operated in the linear regime. Here, we experimentally demonstrate canalization of nonlinear exciton polariton condensates with optical reconfigurability in a birefringent CsPbBr3 perovskite crystal without intrinsic hyperbolic response. By embedding the birefringent perovskite crystal into a planar microcavity, the interplay between cavity transverse-electric-transverse-magnetic splitting and crystalline birefringence produces an anisotropic band geometry with a hyperbolic-flat-parabolic evolution of polaritonic isofrequency contours (IFCs). Nonresonant pumping drives exciton polariton condensation onto flat far-field contours with nonlinear emission amplification, leading to coherent canalized flows with over twentyfold collimation with respect to arc-shaped contours. Reconfiguring the optical pumping-spot size allows switching the nonlinear polariton condensates into hyperbolic and parabolic IFC regimes, leading to divergent propagation behaviour with collimating reconfiguration. Our study reveals a distinct canalization framework for shaping the nonlinear exciton-polariton condensate flows, opening opportunities for all-optical polaritonic logic circuits based on stabilized nonlinear quantum interconnects.