Research Interests

Francesca Maria Marchetti

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Some of my current and past research interests include: [sorry, still editing]

Polarised Fermi gases and electron-hole bilayers



supersolid-like LOFF phase

phase-d_equal_masses-finite_temp

phase_d-with_spinodal-equal_masses

Publications on Polarised Fermi gases and electron-hole bilayers

  1. M. M. Parish, F. M. Marchetti, A. Lamacraft, and B. D. Simons, ``Finite temperature phase diagram of a polarised Fermi condensate'', Nature Physics 3, 124 (2007). [URL, archive]
  2. M. M. Parish, F. M. Marchetti, A. Lamacraft, and B. D. Simons, ``Polarized Fermi condensates with unequal masses: Tuning the tricritical point'', Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 160402 (2007). [URL, archive]
  3. A. Lamacraft and F. M. Marchetti, ``Spinodal decomposition in polarised Fermi superfluids'', Phys. Rev. B. 77, 014511 (2008). [URL, archive]
  4. M.M. Parish, F.M. Marchetti, and P.B. Littlewood, "Supersolidity in electron-hole bilayers with a large density imbalance", Europhys. Lett. 95, 27007 (2011)  [URL,archive]

Microcavity polaritons: persistent currents, quantised vortices, superfluidity



imprinting a vortex into the OPO idler



Publications on Microcavity polaritons: persistent currents, quantised vortices, superfluidity

  1. F. M. Marchetti, M. H. Szymanska, "Vortices in polariton OPO superfluids". [archive]
  2. G. Tosi, F. M. Marchetti, D. Sanvitto, C. Anton, M.H. Szymanska, A. Berceanu, C. Tejedor, L. Marrucci, A. Lemaitre, J. Bloch, L. Vina, "Onset and dynamics of vortex-antivortex pairs in polariton OPO superfluids",Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 036401 (2011). [URL,archive]
  3. E. Cancellieri, F.M. Marchetti, M. Szymanska, and C. Tejedor, "Multistability of a two component exciton-polariton fluid", Phys. Rev. B 83, 214507 (2011).[URL,archive]
  4. E. Cancellieri, F.M. Marchetti, M. Szymanska, and C. Tejedor, "Superflow of resonantly driven polaritons against a defect", Phys. Rev. B 82, 224512 (2010).[URL,archive]
  5. E. Cancellieri, F. M. Marchetti, M. H. Szymanska, D. Sanvitto, C. Tejedor, "Frictionless flow in a binary polariton superfluid", accepted in Phys. Rev. Lett.. [archive]
  6. M.H. Szymanska, F.M. Marchetti, and D. Sanvitto, "Propagating wave-packets and quantised currents in coherently driven polariton superfluids", Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 236402 (2010). [URL,archive]
  7. F.M. Marchetti, M.H. Szymanska, C. Tejedor, D.M. Whittaker, "Spontaneous and triggered vortices in polariton OPO superfluids", Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 063902 (2010).[URL,archive]
  8. D. Sanvitto, F.M. Marchetti, M.H. Szymanska, G. Tosi, M. Baudisch, F.P. Laussy, D.N. Krizhanovskii, M.S. Skolnick, L. Marrucci, A. Lemaitre, J. Bloch, C. Tejedor, L. Vina, `` Persistent currents and quantised vortices in a polariton superfluid'', Nature Physics 6, 527 (2010). [URL,archive]

Bose-Fermi mixtures in 1D, 3D and quasi-1D



quasi-1d phase diagram

zero_t-phase-d_bose-fermi_3D

Publications on Bose-Fermi mixtures

  1. F. M. Marchetti, Th. Jolicoeur, and M. M. Parish, ``Stability and pairing in quasi-one-dimensional Bose-Fermi mixtures'', Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 105304 (2009). [URL, archive]
  2. F. M. Marchetti, C. Mathy, M. M. Parish, and D. A. Huse, ``Phase separation and collapse in Bose-Fermi mixtures with a Feshbach resonance'', Phys. Rev. B 78, 134517 (2008). [URL, archive]


Microcavity polaritons: collective coherence, superfluidity & condensation



schematic_microcavity

schematic_LP-and-UP

jacek_PL_maps-increasing-pump-power

resonant_rayleigh_scattering




Publications on Microcavity polaritons: collective coherence, condensation & superfluidity

  1. F. M. Marchetti, B. D. Simons, and P. B. Littlewood ``Condensation of cavity polaritons in a disordered environment'', Phys. Rev. B 70, 155327 (2004). [URL, archive]
  2. F. M. Marchetti, M. H. Szymanska, P. R. Eastham, B. D. Simons, and P. B. Littlewood ``Condensation and lasing of microcavity polaritons: comparison between two models'', Solid State Communications 134, 111 (2005). [archive]
  3. P. B. Littlewood, P. R. Eastham, J. Keeling, F. M. Marchetti, B. D. Simons, and M. H. Szymanska, ``Models of coherent exciton condensation'', J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 16, S3597 (2004). [URL, archive]
  4. F. M. Marchetti, J. Keeling, M. H. Szymanska, and P. B. Littlewood, ``Thermodynamics and excitations of condensed polaritons in disordered microcavities'', Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 066405 (2006). [URL, archive]
  5. J. Kasprzak, M. Richard, S. Kundermann, A. Baas, P. Jeambrun, J. Keeling, F. M. Marchetti, M. H. Szymanska, R. Andre',J. L. Staehli, V. Savona, P. B. Littlewood, B. Deveaud, Le Si Dang, ``Bose-Einstein condensation of exciton polaritons'', Nature 443, 409 (2006). [URL]
  6. F. M. Marchetti, J. Keeling, M. H. Szymanska, and P. B. Littlewood, ``Absorption, photoluminescence and resonant Rayleigh scattering probes of condensed microcavity polaritons'', Phys. Rev. B 76, 115326 (2007). [URL, archive]
  7. J. Keeling, F. M. Marchetti, M. H. Szymanska, and P. B. Littlewood, ``Collective coherence in planar semiconductor microcavities'', Semicond. Sci. Technol. 22, R1 (2007). [URL, archive]
  8. M. H. Szymanska, F. M. Marchetti, J. Keeling, and P. B. Littlewood, ``Coherence properties and luminescence spectra of condensed polaritons in CdTe microcavities'', Solid State Communications 144, 364 (2007). [archive]
  9. F. M. Marchetti, M. H. Szymanska, J. Keeling, J. Kasprzak, R. Andre, P. B. Littlewood, and Le Si Dang, "Microcavity polariton
    phase diagram: from theory to practice", Phys. Rev. B 77,  235313 (2008). [URL, archive]


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