Project description
Laying the foundations for quantum topological polaritonics
Polaritonics is an intermediate regime between photonics and sub-microwave electronics. Bound electron-hole pairs, or excitons, are strongly coupled to cavity photons, giving rise to interacting quasiparticles: polaritons. Topological polaritonic states emerge in nanostructured microcavities solely from polariton repulsive interactions and can be controlled by optical methods. In contrast to electronic and photonic topological physics, quantum topological polaritonics combines strong nonlinear and non-Hermitian quantum effects that remain to be explored. Funded by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie programme, the QuanToPol project will provide a fundamental theory for quantum topological polaritonics. The focus will be on developing the geometric theory and the topological classification of polaritonic states.
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MSCA-IF-EF-ST - Standard EFCoordinator
63000 Clermont Ferrand
France
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