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[Tu-P-96]Amplification of Weak Cavity Disorder in Exciton-Polariton Condensates Through Interactions with the Reservoir
〇Louis Eaton1, Paul Walker1, Seth Lovett1, Alex Ferrier2, Marzena Szymanska2, David W. Snoke3, Hassan Alnatah3, Jonathan Beaumariage3, Zbig Wasilewski4, Man Chun Alan Tam4, Kirk Baldwin5, Loren N. Pfeiffer5, Dmitry Krizhanovskii1 (1. The University of Sheffield (UK), 2. University College London (UK), 3. University of Pittsburgh (USA), 4. University of Waterloo (Canada), 5. Princeton University (USA))
We show amplification of microcavity disorder in non-resonantly pumped polariton condensates via reservoir interactions. Emission fragments to mirror the disorder potential even when energy renormalization exceeds potential magnitude. Conversely, reservoir-decoupled condensates remain homogeneous.