Nesta dissertação nós revisamos a teoria básica que descreve a junção Josephson bosônica para uma e duas espécies partindo do modelo de Bose-Hubbard. Em seguida explicamos como é possível gerar campos de calibe artificiais em um sistema de átomos neutros, como é o caso do condensado de Bose-Einstein. Finalmente, utilizando os conhecimentos teóricos desenvolvidos anteriormente nós buscamos os estados estacionários de um sistema de pseudospin 1/2 submetido a um campo de calibre não-Abeliano artificial, que torna a dinâmica da junção muito mais complexa e rica. Nós também exploramos um novo desbalanceamento de população que surge no sistema, devido a presença do campo de calibre, com características similares as do Macroscopic Quantum Self-Trapping. / In this dissertation we review the basic theory that describes the bosonic Josephson junction for one and two species using the Bose-Hubbard model. Afterwards, we explain how it is possible to generate artificial gauge fields for neutral atoms, like a Bose-Einstein condensate. Finally, using this theoretical background we search for stationary states of a pseudospin 1/2 system subject to a non-Abelian artificial gauge field which turns the dynamic of the junction much more complex and rich. We also explore a possible new populational imbalance that appears on the system due to the presence of the gauge field, with similar features as the Macroscopic Quantum Self-Trapping.

A extensão dos fenômenos quânticos em escala macroscópica é responsável por toda uma classe de efeitos como a supercondutividade, superfluidez, e condensação de Bose-Einstein, as quais desempenham um papel central na física ao longo do século passado. A produção dos primeiros condensados de Bose-Einstein tornou possível a realização de experimentos envolvendo fenômenos quânticos macroscópicos com um nível sem precedentes de controle dos parâmetros externos. As correntes persistentes em condensados estão intimamente relacionados com a nucleação de vórtices quantificados, que são defeitos topológicos como resposta à transferência de quanta de momento angular. Um método convencional para geração de tais defeitos consiste em confinar a nuvem atômica condensada em uma armadilha com rotação. Acontece que, para velocidades angulares acima de um valor crítico, estados de vórtice se tornam energeticamente favoráveis, induzindo assim a criação de vórtices quânticos. Realizações experimentais de condensados de átomos de metais alcalinos confinados por potenciais dependentes do tempo permitiram a observação não só de redes de vórtices, mas também de turbulência quântica. Uma vez que a turbulência quântica é caracterizada pela presença de um emaranhado de vórtices quânticos interagindo entre si, uma correta compreensão da dinâmica, formação e estabilidade de vórtices tem se mostrado de grande importância sendo objeto de muitos trabalhos teóricos. Em particular, o papel das excitações acústicas geradas pelo decaimento de vórtices de multipla carga no desenvolvimento de turbulência ainda é uma questão em aberto. Este trabalho tem como objetivo fornecer um conjunto de ferramentas que ajude a identificar a presença, como também a carga de vórtices em nuvens (não turbulentas) observadas utilizando imagens de tempo-de-voo. Temos feito um estudo detalhado de condensados contendo vórtices carga múltipla colocados no seu centro, onde a dinâmica do tempo-de-voo é apenas de nossos pontos de interesse. Devido ao controle que este sistema fornece experimentalmente, os modos coletivos tornam-se uma descrição importante, uma vez que podem ser excitadas usando métodos experimentais bem estabelecido tal como a modulação do comprimento de espalhamento de ondas-s, e que também pode ser responsável pelo decaimento do vórtice. Para tais fins, temos utilizado o método variacional (semi-analítico), e o cálculo totalmente numérico da equação de Gross-Pitaevskii. Assim, descrevemos os modos coletivos que acoplam a dinâmica do vórtice com as oscilações das componentes externas do condensado, bem como os efeitos em tempo-de-voo. O momento angular atua aumentando a energia cinética em torno do núcleo de vórtice, que implica em um aumento mais rápido da direção perpendicular a este. Esta situação desloca as freqüências de oscilações coletivas de um estado livre de vórtice, e gera modos coletivos mais ricos devido ao acoplamento. Agora, existem quatro modos possíveis, sendo dois tipos de modo monopolar e dois tipos de modos de quadrupolo. A diferença dentre tais modos é a fase de oscilação do vórtice. Quando se considera flutuações sem simetria polar, seus modos coletivos resultam no decaimento do vórtice. A fim de controlar e prevenir estes processos propusemos três mecanismos dinâmicos, tais como a modulação de comprimento de espalhamento, a modulação das frequências da armadilha harmônica e modulação da amplitude do potencial de Laguerre-Gauss. O último tem provado ser mais eficaz. / The extension of quantum phenomena into macroscopic scales is responsible for a whole class of effects such as superconductivity, superfluidity, and Bose-Einstein condensation, which played central roles in physics throughout the last century. The production of the first Bose-Einstein condensates made possible the realization of experiments involving macroscopic quantum phenomena with an unprecedented level of control of the external parameters. The persistent currents in condensates are intimately related to the nucleation of quantized vortices, which are topological defects as response to transference of quanta of angular momentum. A conventional method for generation of such defects consists in confining the condensed atomic cloud into a rotating trap. It turns out that, for angular velocities higher than a critical value, vortex states become energetically favorable, thus inducing the creation of quantized vortices. Experimental realizations of condensed alkali-metal atoms confined by more general time-dependent potentials allowed the observation not only of vortex lattices but also of quantum turbulence. Since quantum turbulence is characterized by the presence of a self-interacting tangle of quantized vortices, the correct understanding of dynamics, formation, and stability of vortices has shown to be of paramount importance being the subject of many theoretical works. In particular, the role of acoustic excitations generated by decaying multi-charged vortices in the development of turbulence is still an open question. This work aims to provide a set of tools that helps to identify the presence as well as the charge of vortices in non-turbulent clouds observed using time-of-flight pictures. We have done a detailed study of condensates containing multi-charged vortices placed at its center where time-of-flight dynamics is only one point of our interest. Due to the control that this system provides experimentally, the collective modes become an important description since they can be excited using well stablished experimental methods as such as modulation of the s-wave scattering length, and they can also be responsible to vortex decaying. For such purposes we have used the semi-analytical variational method, and the fully numerical calculation of Gross-Pitaevskii equation. Thus we have describes the collective modes that couples dynamics of vortex with the oscillation of external components of condensed atomic cloud as well as the effects in time-of-flight. The angular momentum acts increasing the kinetic energy around the vortex core, which results in a faster expansion of perpendicular direction to it. This situation shifts the frequencies of collective oscillations of a vortex-free state, and generates richer collective modes due the coupling. Now there are four possible modes, being two types of monopole mode and two types of quadrupole modes. The difference among these types is the phase of vortex oscillation. When one considers fluctuations without polar symmetry, their collective modes result in the vortex decaying. In order to control and prevent these processes we have proposed three dynamical mechanisms such as modulation of s-wave scattering length, modulation of frequencies of harmonic trap, and modulation of the amplitude of Laguerre-Gauss potential. The last one has proven to be more effective.

Neste trabalho descrevemos a produção e estudo de excitações topológicas em um condensado de Bose-Einstein em átomos de Rubídio-87. O condensado é produzido através de resfriamento evaporativo forçado por rádio-freqüência em uma armadilha puramente magnética do tipo QUIC. A armadilha magnética é carregada por um sistema de duplo-MOT. A temperatura de transição é de cerca de 150nK. Condensados puros com 1 - 2 × 10^5 átomos de Rb-87 são observados. Realizamos uma caracterização da amostra em relação às suas características fundamentais. Fração condensada, expansão anisotrópica, distribuição espacial e efeitos de temperatura finita são descritos. Com o objetivo de observar excitações coerentes do condensado entre os estados da armadilha, adicionamos um campo magnético do tipo quadrupolo esférico oscilante no tempo. Observamos, no entanto, a transferência de momento angular para a amostra com a formação de vórtices e arranjos de vórtices. Definimos regiões de amplitude que geram números de vórtices crescentes. Observamos a formação de estruturas de três vórtices não convencionais donde supusemos a possibilidade de excitação conjunta de vórtices e anti-vórtices. Observamos evidência de turbulência quântica, um estado onde os arranjos dos vórtices não são regulares nem as linhas de vórtices têm um eixo de rotação comum. / In this work we describe the production and investigation of topological excitations in a Bose-Einstein condensate in Rubidium-87 atoms. The condensate is produced through forced evaporative cooling by radio-frequency in a QUIC-type purely magnetic trap. The magnetic trap is loaded from a double-MOT system. Transition temperature is about 150nK. Pure condensates containing 1-2×105 87Rb atoms are observed. We performed the characterization of the sample in relation to its fundamental aspects. Condensed fraction, anisotropic expansion, spacial distribution and finite temperature effects are described. Aiming to observe coherent topological excitations of the condensate between two states of the trap, we added a spherical quadrupole magnetic fields oscillating in time. We observe, instead, angular momentum tranference to the sample and the formation of vortices and arrays of vortices. We define amplitude regions where an increasing number of vortices are observed. We observe the formation of non-usual three-vortex structures from which we infer the existence of vortices and anti-vortices together in the sample. We observe evidence of quantum turbulence, a state where non-regular vortex arrays appear as well as vortex lines have no preferred direction to form.

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La dimensionnalité d’un système affecte fortement ses propriétés physiques ; les transitions de phasequi s’y déroulent ainsi que le type d’ordre qui y apparaît dépendent de la dimension. Dans les systèmesde basse dimension, la cohérence s’avère plus difficile à établir car les fluctuations thermiques etquantiques y jouent un rôle plus important. Le fluide de Bose à deux dimensions est particulièrementintéressant car, même si un ordre total est exclu, un ordre résiduel à « quasi-longue » portée s’établit àbasse température. Deux ingrédients ont un effet significatif sur l’état du système : (i) la taille finie d’unsystème réel permet de retrouver une occupation macroscopique d’un état à une particule ; (ii) les interactionsentre particules conduisent à l’apparition d’un type non-conventionnel de transition de phasevers un état superfluide.Dans cette thèse, nous présentons une étude expérimentale du gaz de Bose bidimensionnel (2D) utilisantdeux types de paysages énergétiques pour piéger nos atomes. Dans la première partie, nous utilisonsla dépendance spatiale de certaines propriétés locales d’un gaz inhomogène pour caractériser l’étatdu système homogène équivalent. Nous extrayons son équation d’état des profils de densité et noustestons son comportement superfluide en mesurant le chauffage induit par le mouvement d’une perturbationlocale. Dans la deuxième partie, nous observons et caractérisons l’émergence d’une cohérencede phase étendue dans un gaz 2D homogène, en particulier via le passage de trois dimensions à deux(croisement dimensionnel). Nous étudions l’établissement dynamique de la cohérence par un passagerapide du croisement dimensionnel et nous observons des défauts topologiques dans l’état superfluidefinal. Nous comparons nos résultats avec les prédictions du mécanisme de Kibble–Zurek. / The dimensionality of a system strongly affects its physical properties; the phase transitions that takeplace and the type of order that arises depend on the dimension. In low dimensional systems phasecoherence proves more difficult to achieve as both thermal and quantum fluctuations play a strongerrole. The two-dimensional Bose fluid is of particular interest as even if full order is precluded, a residual"quasi-long" range order arises at low temperatures. Then two ingredients have a significant effecton the state of the system: (i) the finite size of a real system enables one to recover of a macroscopicoccupation of a single-particle state; (ii) the interactions between particles lead to the emergence of anon-conventional type of phase transition toward a superfluid state.In this thesis, we present an experimental study of the two-dimensional (2D) Bose gas using two differentenergy landscapes to trap our atoms. In the first part, we use the spatial dependence of somelocal properties of an inhomogeneous gas to characterize the state of the equivalent homogeneous system.We extract its equation of state with a high accuracy from the gas density profiles and test itssuperfluid behavior by measuring the heating induced by a moving local perturbation. In the secondpart, we observe and characterize the emergence of an extended phase coherence in a 2D homogeneousgas in particular via a 3D-to-2D dimensional crossover. We investigate the dynamical establishment ofthe coherence via a rapid crossing of the dimensional crossover and observe topological defects in thefinal superfluid state. We compare our findings with the predictions for the Kibble–Zurek mechanism.

Dans cette thèse, nous faisons état de la construction d’un dispositif expérimentalcapable de piéger et refroidir un gaz d’ytterbium, dans l’optique de simuler des champsmagnétiques artificiels. Ce dispositif permettra, à terme, de produire et de caractériserdes états quantiques fortement corrélés, semblables aux états rencontrés dans la physiquede l’effet Hall quantique, entier ou fractionnaire.Dans un premier temps, nous décrivons la construction des parties de notre dispositifconsacrées au refroidissement optique de l’ytterbium (174Yb). En particulier, nousprésentons la conception d’un ralentisseur Zeeman, permettant le chargement direct d’unpiège magnéto-optique effectué sur la transition d’intercombinaison 1S0 ! 3P1 de l’ytterbium.Après transport dans un piège optique, une étape de refroidissement évaporatifnous permet d’obtenir des condensats de Bose-Einstein contenant environ 5×104 atomesd’ytterbium. Les condensats produits sont alors chargés dans un réseau optique verticalà la longueur d’onde « magique ».Nous présentons ensuite la construction d’un système laser étroit à 578nm capabled’exciter la transition « d’horloge » 1S0 ! 3P0 de l’ytterbium. Le laser est asservi surune cavité Fabry-Perot de grande finesse servant de référence de fréquence, dont nousavons caractérisé les différentes propriétés. Nous présentons en particulier une méthodepermettant de calibrer rapidement la fréquence absolue de la cavité par comparaison avecune transition de la molécule de diiode.Finalement, nous présentons les résultats d’expériences de spectroscopie effectuées surdes condensats d’ytterbium à l’aide du laser étroit, ainsi que la manipulation cohérentedu condensat sur la transition d’horloge au cours d’expériences d’oscillations de Rabi. Cesexpériences préliminaires ouvrent notamment la voie à la mesure des propriétés colisionnellesde l’ytterbium 174. / In this thesis, we report on the construction of an experiment aimed at trapping andcooling an ytterbium gaz, in order to realize artificial gauge fields. In the long term, thissetup will allow the study of strongly correlated quantum states which are atomic analogsof integer or fractional quantum Hall systems.We will first present the building of our experimental apparatus, and the optical coolingof ytterbium (174Yb). In particular, we will report on the design of a Zeeman slower,allowing for the direct loading of a magneto-optical trap operated on ytterbium’s intercombinationtransition 1S0 ! 3P1. The atomic cloud is then transported in an opticaldipole trap. A subsequent evaporative cooling stage results in the production of Bose-Einstein condensates of about 5 × 104 atoms.We then describe the construction of an ultra-narrow laser system at 578nm, able todrive ytterbium’s « clock » transition 1S0 ! 3P0. The laser frequency is stabilized using ahigh-finesse Fabry-Perot cavity, whose properties are precisely characterized in this work.Specifically, we present a method to calibrate the absolute frequency of the cavity bycomparison with an optical transition of molecular iodine.Finally, we show the results of spectroscopic measurements done on ytterbium condensatesusing the ultra-narrow laser. We also report on the coherent manipulation of thecondensate on the clock transition, consisting in the observation of Rabi oscillations.These preliminary experiments should allow for a measurement of ytterbium’s scatteringproperties.Keywords : cold atoms, optical lattices, Bose-Einstein condensates, ultra-stable lasers,clock transition, quantum simulation.

Dans ce manuscrit, nous présentons une étude expérimentale d'un gaz de Bose de spin 1 avec des interactions antiferromagnétiques avec des atomes de sodium ultra-froids dans l'état hyperfin F=1. Les trois composantes Zeeman sont piégées simultanément dans des pièges dipolaires optiques. Nous obtenons un condensat de Bose-Einstein spineur par refroidissement évaporatif et nous étudions ses propriétés magnétiques. Il y a deux types d’interactions dans le système: des interactions de contact qui ne changent pas les populations des composantes Zeeman et des interactions d'échange de spin qui les modifient. Une compétition entre l'énergie Zeeman et l'énergie d'échange impose l'ordre magnétique dans le système.Nous étudions dans un premier temps les phases magnétiques de condensats de Bose-Einstein spineurs a température quasi nulle. L'état fondamental comporte deux phases qui sont observées en variant le champ magnétique (donc l'énergie Zeeman quadratique) et la magnétisation de l'échantillon. Dans la phase antiferromagnétique, le spin de l'échantillon est simplement selon l'axe du champ magnétique. Dans la phase polaire, une composante transverse apparait pour minimiser l'énergie Zeeman. Pour une magnétisation nulle, le condensat spineur forme un nématique de spin. Cet état, nommé par analogie avec la phase nématique dans les cristaux liquides, est caractérisée par des fluctuations de spin orthogonales à un axe particulier, mais sans préférer une des deux direction sur cet axe. Dans chacune des deux phases, l'ordre nématique se manifeste par un minimisation de la longueur du spin transverse en imposant une valeur particulière ($pi$) de la phase relative des composantes Zeeman ${theta = phi_{+1} + phi_{-1} - 2 phi_{0}}$. Nous mesurons la longueur du spin transverse en analysant le bruit de spin après une rotation.Dans un second temps, nous étudions la thermodynamique d'un gaz de Bose de spin 1 près de la température critique pour la condensation de Bose-Einstein. Nous mesurons plusieurs scénarios de condensation séquentiels en fonction de la magnétisation et du champ magnétique. La température critique mesurée révèle que les interactions ont un effet important quand la condensation d'une composante se fait en présence d'un condensat dans une autre composante. Nous utilisons une théorie d'Hartree-Fock simplifiée, en négligeant les interactions d’échange de spin. Nous constatons que les résultats expérimentaux sont en bon accord. Cependant, pour de bas champs magnétiques, le diagramme de phase thermodynamique est largement modifié par les interactions d'échange de spin, ce qui pose de nouvelles questions sur leur rôle a température finie. / In this manuscript, we present an experimental study of a Spin 1 Bose gas with antiferromagnetic interactions with ultracold sodium atoms in the F=1 manifold. The three Zeeman components are trapped simultaneously in optical dipole traps. By performing evaporative cooling, we obtain quasi-pure spinor Bose-Einstein condensates of which we study the magnetic properties. There are two types of interactions between the constituents of the system: Contact interactions that do not change the Zeeman populations and spin-exchange contact interactions that do. A competition between Zeeman energy and the spin-exchange energy sets the magnetic ordering in the system.We first study the magnetic phases of spinor Bose-Einstein condensates near zero temperature. The ground state present two phases that are observed by varying the magnetic field (hence the quadratic Zeeman energy) and the magnetization of the sample. In the antiferromagnetic phase, the spin of the sample is purely along the direction of the magnetic field. In the broken-axisymmetry phase, a transverse component appears in order to minimize the Zeeman energy. For zero magnetization, the spinor condensate forms a spin nematic. This state, named in analogy with the liquid crystal nematic phase, is characterized by spin fluctuations orthogonal to a particular axis, with no preferred direction along that axis. In both phases, spin nematic order manifests as a minimization of the transverse spin length that is realized by enforcing a particular value ($pi$) of the relative phase of the Zeeman components $theta = phi_{+1} + phi_{-1} - 2 phi_0$. We measure the transverse spin length by analyzing spin noise after a spin rotation.Second, we study the thermodynamics of an antiferromagnetic spin 1 Bose gas next to the critical temperature for Bose-Einstein condensation. We measure several sequential condensation scenarii depending on the magnetization and the magnetic field. The measured critical temperatures reveal a large effect of interactions when one of the Zeeman component condenses in presence of a condensate in another component. We use a simplified Hartree-Fock theory, neglecting the spin exchange interactions and note a good agreement with our data. However, for low magnetic fields, the thermodynamic phase diagram is strongly modified which raises new open questions about the role of spin exchange interactions at finite temperatures.

Je présente le développement d'une expérience de production de gaz quantiques d'ytterbium. L'objectif est de réaliser des champs de jauge artificiels sur des gaz piégés dans des réseaux optiques. La combinaison de ces champs et des interactions entre atomes ouvre de nouvelles perspectives pour notre domaine comme la réalisation d'états analogues à ceux de la physique de l'effet Hall quantique fractionnaire.Tout d'abord, je présente les méthodes expérimentales développées pour produire un condensat de Bose-Einstein d'atomes (CBE) d'Yb174: un piège magnéto-optique sur la raie d'intercombinaison 1S0-3P1, son transfert dans un piège dipolaire et son transport sur une distance de 22 cm. Un condensat pur d'environ 6x10^4 est ensuite obtenu après évaporation dans un piège dipolaire croisé. Les protocoles envisagés pour réaliser des champs de jauge artificiels requièrent le couplage cohérent du niveau fondamental 1S0 et du niveau métastable 3P0 sur la transition "horloge". Nous avons construit un laser à 578nm asservi en fréquence sur une cavité de référence. En optimisant le point de fonctionnement en température de la cavité nous avons obtenu des dérives résiduelles en fréquence inférieures à 100 mHz/s. Nous avons réalisé une spectroscopie sur cette transition d'un CBE piégé ou en expansion et obtenu des largeurs de raies du l'ordre du kHz limitées par les interactions entre atomes.Enfin, je présente en détail les protocoles pour réaliser des champs de jauge artificiels dans des réseaux optiques et leur éventuelle mise en pratique et notamment un schéma pour réaliser un réseau optique bichromatique dépendant de l'état interne des atomes dans une cavité doublement résonante. / In this work I present the development of a new experiment to produce quantum degenerate gases of ytterbium. This project aims at realizing artificial gauge fields with ultracold atoms in optical lattices. Combining intense gauge fields with strong on-site interactions is expected to open a new area for ultracold quantum gases, where for instance the atomic analogs of fractional quantum Hall systems could be realized.First I describe the experimental methods for the production of a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) of 174Yb. This implies magneto-optical trapping on the 1S0-3P1 intercombination transition and a transport of the atomic cloud in an optical dipole trap over a distance of 22 cm. Evaporative cooling in a crossed dipole trap results in the production of pure BECs of about 6x10^4 atoms.The planned implementation of artificial gauge fields requires the coherent driving of the 1S0-3P0 clock transition of ytterbium. For this purpose an ultrastable laser system at 578 nm, frequency locked to an ultralow expansion (ULE) cavity, has been realized. A precise determination of the temperature zero-crossing point of the ULE cavity allowed us to limit laser frequency drifts below 100 mHz/s. Spectroscopic measurements of the clock transition on a trapped and free falling BEC are presented, where typical linewidths in the kHz range are observed, limited by interatomic interactions. Finally I present a detailed discussion of the methods to achieve artificial gauge fields in optical lattices and their possible experimental implementation. This includes a scheme to realize a bichromatic state-dependent optical superlattice in a doubly-resonant cavity.

Ces travaux sont consacrés à l'étude d'un gaz d'excitons bidimensionnel créé dans un double puits quantique de semi-conducteurs. Grâce à un champ électrique appliqué perpendiculairement au plan des puits, les deux composants de l'exciton, l'électron et le trou, sont chacun confinés dans deux puits séparés. Ceci donne lieu à des excitons avec un fort moment dipolaire qui sont piégés et refroidis à très basse température. Dans ce manuscrit, nous étudions les propriétés du gaz d'excitons à travers la photoluminescence émise lors de la recombinaison des paires électron-trou, que nous analysons grâce à des mesures spectroscopiques et interférométriques. Ainsi, nous avons étudié la thermodynamique du gaz d'excitons dans un piège harmonique et établi son équation d'état. Nous avons dévoilé l'universalité de l'équation d'état ce qui a rendu possible la première démonstration de l'équilibre thermodynamique du gaz et a aussi permis d'évaluer la force des interactions entre excitons. En associant des mesures de cohérence spatiale et l'étude de la distribution de défauts de densité dans la photoluminescence des excitons, nous avons montré que dans une zone centrale du piège de rayon R < 3 µm, il s'opère conjointement une augmentation du niveau de cohérence et une diminution de la densité de défauts. Des travaux précédents ayant montré que ces défauts pouvaient constituer des défauts topologiques appelés vortex, nos observations constituent ainsi un ensemble de preuves de l'établissement d'un état superfluide dans la partie centrale du piège, en accord avec la théorie prédite par Berezinskii-Kosterlitz et Thouless. / This work is devoted to the study of a two dimensional exciton gas created in a semiconductordouble quantum wells. Thanks to an electric field applied perpendicular to these layers,the exciton constituents, namely, the electron and the hole, are confined each in one quantumwell so that excitons inherit a strong electric dipole. In this manuscript, we study the propertiesof such exciton gas trapped at very low temperature, through the photoluminescence emittedby electron-hole recombinations. We particularly study the emitted light using spectroscopic andinterferometric techniques. Thus, we explore the thermodynamics of a trapped gas and quantifyits equation of state. We unveil an important feature: the universality of the equation of state,which allows the first demonstration of thermodynamic equilibrium for excitons, and we realizea direct measurement of the excitons dipolar interaction strength. By probing both the spatialcoherence and the density of defects of the excitons photoluminescence, we show that it exists acentral region (R < 3 μm) in an exciton trap where a high degree of spatial coherence is conditionedby a decrease of the defects density. Our experiments thus provide a set of evidences pointingtowards a Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless transition for trapped 2D exciton gas.

Die vorliegende Arbeit behandelt den Einfluss eines Defekt-induzierten, intrinsischen, statischen Unordnungspotentials innerhalb einer planaren, ZnObasierten Mikrokavität (MK) auf die lokale Dichteverteilung eines darin erzeugten, dynamischen Exziton-Polariton Bose-Einstein-Kondensats (BEK). Dies ist von Interesse, da die derzeitigen, z.B. GaN- oder ZnO-basierten MK, welche die Erzeugung von Exziton-Polariton BEKs bei Raumtemperatur ermöglichen und daher für zukünftige Anwendungen in realen Bauelementen geeignet erscheinen, durch eine hohe Defektdichte gekennzeichnet sind. Mit Hilfe eines eigens dafür aufgebauten Michelson-Interferometers wurde die Kohärenzzeit des Exziton-Polariton BEKs ermittelt, welche die Lebenszeit der einzelnen, unkondensierten Polaritonen um einen Faktor 140 übersteigt. Somit konnte das untersuchte, quantenmechanische System als zeitlich koh ärentes Kondensat identifiziert werden, da die Kohärenz während des stetigen Zerfalls und der Neubildung der einzelnen Polaritonen erhalten bleibt. Weiterhin wurden durch Unordnung hervorgerufene Dichtefluktuationen innerhalb des Polariton-Kondensats untersucht, welche in Form von Intensitäts- Fluktuationen in der Fernfeldverteilung der BEK-Emission beobachtet wurden. Dazu wurde der experimentelle Datensatz einer anregungsleistungsabhängigen Photolumineszenzuntersuchung analysiert. Dabei wurde festgestellt, dass die beobachteten Intensitätsfluktuationen über einen großen Anregungsleistungsbereich stabil bleiben, und zwar bis zum 20-fachen Wert der Schwellenleistung, welche für die Erzeugung des Polariton-BEKs nötig ist. Dies deutet auf eine gleichbleibende, durch Unordnung hervorgerufene, lokale Dichtevariation des BEKs trotz steigender Gesamtteilchendichte hin, was im starken Widerspruch zum theoretisch vorausgesagtem und experimentell gefundenem Verhalten von Kondensaten im thermischen Gleichgewicht steht. Die hier vorliegenden experimentellen Befunde konnten anhand eines Vergleichs mit numerischen Simulationen, basierend auf einem neu entwickelten theoretischem Modell, auf das Zusammenspiel des vorliegenden Unordnungspotentials und des Nicht-Gleichgewichtscharakters der untersuchten Exziton-Polariton Kondensate zurückgeführt werden. Dies verursacht dichteunabhängige Phasenfluktuationen innerhalb des Kondensats, welche die beobachteten Fluktuationen in der Fernfeldverteilung der Emission hervorrufen.:1 Introduction 1 2 Physical Basics 9 2.1 Distributed Bragg Reflectors (DBRs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 2.2 Microcavities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 2.3 Light-Matter-Coupling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 2.3.1 Weak Coupling Regime (WCR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 2.3.2 Strong Coupling Regime (SCR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 2.4 Bose-Einstein Condensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 2.4.1 Mean-Field Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 2.4.2 Review of Research on Disorder Effects on Polariton Condensates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 2.5 Coherence Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 2.5.1 Ideal Light Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 2.5.2 Real Light Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 2.5.3 Wiener-Khinchin Theorem (WKT) . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 I Experimental Observations 39 3 The ZnO-based Microcavity - Review of the known Properties 41 3.1 Sample . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 3.1.1 Fabrication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 3.1.2 Microstructure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 3.2 Bose-Einstein Condensation of Exciton-Polaritons . . . . . . . . 45 3.3 Conclusion and remaining Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 4 Coherence Spectroscopy 53 4.1 Micro-Photoluminescence Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 i 4.1.1 Excitation Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 4.1.2 Detection Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 4.2 Michelson Interferometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 4.2.1 Experimental Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 4.2.2 Determination of First Order Correlation Function . . . . 62 4.3 Performance of the Interferometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 5 Experimental Characterization of Bose-Einstein Condensates 69 5.1 Threshold Power Density for Polariton Condensation . . . . . . 70 5.2 Determination of Coherence Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 5.3 Inhomogeneous Emission Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 5.3.1 Analysis of individual Energy Branches . . . . . . . . . . 85 5.3.2 Origin of disorder potential . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 5.4 Summary of Experimental Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 II Theoretical Predictions 105 6 Disorder Effects on an equilibrium BEC 109 7 Overview of the Theoretical Analysis of quasi-equilibrium and non-equilibrium BEC 113 7.1 Model for extended Gross-Pitaevskii equation including Gain and Loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 7.2 Disorder Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 8 Numerical Simulations 125 8.1 Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 8.2 Choice of Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 8.3 Results for both Scenarios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 8.4 Comparison with Experimental Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 9 Summary of Part II 139 III Summary and Outlook 141 A Appendix 149 A.1 Alignment Procedure for the Michelson Interferometer . . . . . 149 A.2 Performance of the Interferometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 A.2.1 Methods and Concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 A.2.2 Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 A.2.3 Impact of Experimental Artifacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 A.3 Impact of Noise on the evaluated Visibility . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 A.4 FFT Analysis of Far-Field BEC Emission Pattern . . . . . . . . 185 Acknowledgement 203 Curriculum vitae 205 declaration 206 List of own and contributed articles 207