%0 Journal Article
%T Separation and acceleration of analogues of magnetic monopoles in semiconductor microcavities
%A H. Flayac
%A D. Solnyshkov
%A G. Malpuech
%J Physics
%D 2012
%I arXiv
%R 10.1088/1367-2630/14/8/085018
%X Half-integer topological defects in polariton condensates can be regarded as magnetic charges, with respect to built-in effective magnetic fields present in microcavities. We show how an integer topological defect can be separated into a pair of half-integer ones, paving the way towards flows of magnetic charges: spin currents or magnetricity. We discuss the corresponding experimental implementation within microwires (with half-solitons) and planar microcavities (with half-vortices).
%U http://arxiv.org/abs/1203.0885v1