Estimating the conditions for polariton condensation in organic thin-film microcavities

Journal Article · Sat Jan 21 00:00:00 EST 2012 · Journal of Chemical Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3678015· OSTI ID:22047159

Bittner, Eric R ^[1]; Silva, Carlos ^[2]

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1. Department of Chemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204 (United States)
2. Department of Physics and Regroupement quebecois sur les materiaux de pointe, Universite de Montreal, C.P. 6128, Succursale centre-ville, Montreal (Quebec) H3C 3J7 (Canada)

We examine the possibility of observing Bose condensation of a confined two-dimensional polariton gas in an organic quantum well. We deduce a suitable parameterization of a model polynomial Hamiltonian based upon the cavity geometry, the biexciton binding energy, and similar spectroscopic and structural data. By converting the sum-over-states to a semiclassical integration over D-dimensional phase space, we arrive at a principle of correspondence between ideal and non-ideal Bose gases that share a common critical exponent. Using our results, we can calculate the properties for a model cavity containing an anthracene thin film.

• OSTI ID: 22047159
• Journal Information: Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 136, Issue 3; Other Information: (c) 2012 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0021-9606
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
ANTHRACENE
BINDING ENERGY
BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATION
CAVITIES
EXCITONS
HAMILTONIANS
PHASE SPACE
POLYNOMIALS
QUANTUM WELLS
SEMICLASSICAL APPROXIMATION
THIN FILMS