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Shining light on turbulence

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The study of a light‒matter fluid of exciton–polaritons confirms the role of an inverse energy cascade in two-dimensional quantum turbulence.

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Fig. 1: The wavefunction of a 2D polariton fluid can be imaged and decomposed at all times.

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Laussy, F.P. Shining light on turbulence. Nat. Photon. 17, 381–382 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41566-023-01203-2

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