Surface gap solitons in exciton polariton condensates

@article{Chen2018SurfaceGS,
  title={Surface gap solitons in exciton polariton condensates},
  author={Ting-Wei Chen and Szu-Cheng Cheng},
  journal={Physical Review E},
  year={2018}
}
A gap soliton is a solitonic state existing inside the band gap of an infinite-periodic exciton-polariton condensate (EPC). The combination of surface states and gap solitons forms the so named surface gap solitons (SGSs). We analyze the existence of SGSs near the interface between uniform and semi-infinite periodic EPCs. We find that SGSs exist only when the system is excited by a pump with low power and small width. As the pump power or width increases, SGSs become unstable. 
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