Kinetics of the Bose-Einstein condensation of microcavity polaritons

Vincenzo Savona; Davide Sarchi

doi:10.1117/12.762098

14 February 2008 Kinetics of the Bose-Einstein condensation of microcavity polaritons

Vincenzo Savona, Davide Sarchi

Proceedings Volume 6892, Ultrafast Phenomena in Semiconductors and Nanostructure Materials XII; 689213 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.762098
Event: Integrated Optoelectronic Devices 2008, 2008, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

We adopt a kinetic theory of polariton non-equilibrium Bose-Einstein condensation, to describe the formation of off-diagonal long-range order. The theory accounts properly for the dominant role of quantum fluctuations in the condensate. In realistic situations with optical excitation at high energy, it predicts a significant depletion of the condensate caused by long-wavelength fluctuations. As a consequence, the one-body density matrix in space displays a partially suppressed long-range order and a pronounced dependence on the finite size of the system.

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Vincenzo Savona and Davide Sarchi "Kinetics of the Bose-Einstein condensation of microcavity polaritons", Proc. SPIE 6892, Ultrafast Phenomena in Semiconductors and Nanostructure Materials XII, 689213 (14 February 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.762098

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