Chiral polariton transport enabled by optical spin Hall effect in perovskite waveguides
Abstract
Controlling the spin degree of freedom of light at the microscale is crucial for advancing photonic information processing. Spin-polarized light propagation, combined with strong optical nonlinearities, unlocks new functionalities in compact photonic circuits and active spin-optronic devices. Lead halide perovskite exciton-polaritons uniquely combine room-temperature operation, pronounced nonlinearities, and versatile microstructuring, making them a powerful platform for spin-based photonic technologies. Here, we demonstrate polarized edge emission from polariton condensates in perovskite single crystals predesigned into a microwire, forming natural, DBR-free cavity. Above threshold, we observe a distinct waveguiding optical spin Hall effect pattern in both real- and reciprocal-space emission, accompanied by pseudospin phase-locking arising from coherence between opposite edges. Beyond static polarization textures, we achieve spin-resolved polariton edge lasing with chirality exceeding 80% and spin-polarized signal propagation over tens of micrometers. These results establish CsPbBr3 waveguides as a promising easy-to-fabricate platform for on-chip spin-coded information transport and nonlinear spin-optoelectronics. Recent experiments have established perovskite exciton-polaritons (EPs) for nonlinear and spin-resolved photonic applications, yet approaches require sophisticated heterointegration or metasurfaces. Here, the authors demonstrate polarized EP condensate emission and optical spin-Hall effect at room temperature in CsPbBr3 crystals, without external Bragg mirrors
Fields of Study & Subjects
Strong Light-Matter Interactions
Quantum optics and atomic interactions
Mechanical and Optical Resonators
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Nature Communications
- Publisher
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC
- Volume
- 17
- Issue
- 1
- Publication date
- 29 July 2026
- Language
- EN