1110.6524 (R. O. Umucalilar et al.)

Fractional quantum Hall states of photons in an array of dissipative
coupled cavities    [PDF]

R. O. Umucalilar, I. Carusotto

We report a theoretical study of the collective optical response of a two-dimensional array of nonlinear cavities in the impenetrable photon regime under a strong artificial magnetic field. Taking advantage of the non-equilibrium nature of the photon gas, we propose an experimentally viable all-optical scheme to generate and detect strongly correlated photon states which are optical analogs of the Laughlin states of fractional quantum Hall physics.

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