Quantum Fluids in Photonic Devices
Head
Maciej Pieczarka
office: 231B, A-1
phone: +48 71 320 30 02
PhD Students
Antonina Bieganowska
office: 440, A-1
phone: +48 71 320 38 19
Aasooda Malik
office: 37/6, A-1
Aleksandra Piasecka
office: 405, A-1
Research
The Quantum Fluids in Photonic Devices research team investigates the Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC) phenomenon in semiconductor optical microcavities. We are interested in quantum fluids of light of exciton polaritons in strong coupling, and condensates of photons in the weak coupling regime.
We investigate critical fluctuations, phase transitions and dynamics of these exotic fluids. Moreover, we spend a lot of effort pursuing its practical application by designing new devices employing the BEC effect with improved parameters.
Experimentally, we employ far and near field imaging techniques to gain a basic understanding, and with interferometric techniques, we have insight into the order parameter of the BEC. Furthermore, we utilise ultrafast techniques, e.g., with a streak camera, to monitor the dynamics of the condensate formation and track the system’s excitations.
