Phase diagram for condensation of microcavity polaritons: From theory to practice

Journal Article · Sun Jun 15 00:00:00 EDT 2008 · Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVB.77.235313· OSTI ID:21143569

Marchetti, F M ^[1]; Szymanska, M H ^[2]; Keeling, J M. J.; Littlewood, P B ^[3]; Kasprzak, J; Andre, R; Dang, Le Si ^[4]

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1. Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics, 1 Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3NP (United Kingdom)
2. Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL (United Kingdom)
3. Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0HE (United Kingdom)
4. CEA-CNRS-UJF joint group 'Nanophysique et Semiconducteurs', Institut Neel, CNRS, 25 rue des Martyrs, 38042 Grenoble (France)

The first realization of a polariton condensate was recently achieved in a CdTe microcavity [Kasprzak et al., Nature (London) 443, 409 (2006)]. We compare the experimental phase boundaries, for various detunings and cryostat temperatures, with those found theoretically from a model which accounts for features of microcavity polaritons such as reduced dimensionality, internal composite structure, disorder in the quantum wells, polariton-polariton interactions, and finite lifetime.

• OSTI ID: 21143569
• Journal Information: Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, Vol. 77, Issue 23; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.77.235313; (c) 2008 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1098-0121
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
CADMIUM TELLURIDES
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
CONDENSATES
CRYOSTATS
INTERACTIONS
LIFETIME
PHASE DIAGRAMS
POLARONS
QUANTUM WELLS