Abstract
A condensed-matter platform for analog simulation of complex two-dimensional molecular bonding configurations, based on optically trapped exciton-polariton condensates is proposed. The stable occupation of polariton condensates in the excited states of their optically configurable potential traps permits emulation of excited atomic orbitals. A classical mean-field model describing the dissipative coupling mechanism between p-orbital condensates is derived, identifying lowest-threshold condensation solutions as a function of trap parameters corresponding to bound and antibound π and σ bonding configurations, similar to those in quantum chemistry.Citation
Cherotchenko, E.D., Sigurdsson, H., Askitopoulos, A. and Nalitov, A.V. (2021) Optically controlled polariton condensate molecules. Physical Review B, 103, 115309.Publisher
American Physical SocietyJournal
Physical Review BAdditional Links
https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.103.115309Type
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enDescription
This is an accepted manuscript of an article published by the American Physical Society in Physical Review B on 29/03/2021, available online: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.103.115309 The accepted version of the publication may differ from the final published version.ISSN
2469-9950EISSN
2469-9969ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1103/PhysRevB.103.115309
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