Dissipative Josephson vortices in annular polariton fluids

We consider two concentric rings formed by bosonic condensates of exciton-polaritons. A circular superfluid flow of polaritons in one of the rings can be manipulated by acting upon the second annular polariton condensate. The complex coupling between the rings with different topological charges triggers nucleation of stable Josephson vortices (JVs) which are revealed as topological defects of the angular dependence of the relative phase between rings. Being dependent on the coupling strength, the structure of the JV governs the difference of the mean angular momenta of the inner and the outer rings. At the vanishing coupling the condensates rotate independently demonstrating no correlations of their winding numbers. At the moderate coupling, the interaction between two condensates tends to equalize their mean angular momenta despite the mismatch of the winding numbers demonstrating the phenomenology of a drag effect. Above the critical coupling strength the synchronous rotation is established via the phase slip events.

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The study focuses on the coupling effect of two concentric rings formed by bosonic condensates of exciton-polaritons, revealing the presence of stable Josephson vortices at different coupling strengths. The difference in mean angular momenta between the inner and outer rings is governed by the structure of the Josephson vortices, with the phase difference between the rings affecting their rotation behavior at varying coupling strengths.