Research Areas - (3) Analogue Gravity with Polariton Fluids

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Department(s)/lab(s): Physics / C2N (Centre de Nanosciences et Nanotechnologies) | Quantum Fluids of Light Group (Bloch Lab, C2N) @ Paris-Saclay
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Jacqueline Bloch leads a world-leading group on semiconductor exciton-polariton physics at C2N/Paris-Saclay. Research: (1) polariton condensation and quantum fluids of light β€” superfluidity, vortices, analogue gravity; (2) topological insulator physics with polaritons; (3) quantum simulation with polariton lattices; (4) fundamental quantum optics of polariton systems. IQUPS co-organiser; C2N head. Key for light-physics sensing relevant to quantum fluids and topological photonics.

Department(s)/lab(s): Physics | LKB - Quantum Fluids of Light & Nanophotonics Team @ CNRS
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Bramati leads the Quantum Fluids of Light team at LKB, studying exciton-polariton superfluids in semiconductor microcavities: quantized vortices, dark solitons, half-solitons behaving as magnetic monopoles, and analogue-gravity phenomena in polariton and photon fluids. The group also develops single-photon sources based on nanoemitters and coordinates the international Q-GAP program with Singapore's NRF on quantum fluids and photonics.

Department(s)/lab(s): Physics / LKB | Quantum Fluids of Light Group (Glorieux Lab) @ ENS Paris
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Quentin Glorieux's group explores quantum fluids of light and polariton physics. Research: (1) exciton-polariton condensates in semiconductor microcavities β€” superfluidity, vortex dynamics, analogue gravity; (2) quantum fluids of light in atomic media β€” photon-photon interactions via electromagnetically induced transparency; (3) analogue gravity with polariton and photon fluids β€” studying acoustic black hole analogs with quantum light. IUF member; ERC grants.