Dynamics of a quantum polariton vortex: Low excitation scenario

Abstract: Quantum vorticity in polariton systems has been traditionally investigated within the frame of many-body phenomena under the mean-field or coherent approaches. In the present work, we show that the fully quantized picture describes richer dynamics for the vortex core at the quantum coupling limit, where two systems exchange an indivisible excitation. The quantum correlations intrinsic to our formalism account for the emergence of a family of trajectories that differ from the circular paths known in macroscopic vorticity phenomena. These results indicate that there exists a criterion to differentiate the behavior at the edge between the quantum and classical polariton vortex dynamics.