The first realization of a polariton condensate was recently achieved in a CdTe microcavity [Kasprzak et al., Nature 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.
@article{arxiv.0805.4298,
title = {Phase diagram for condensation of microcavity polaritons: from theory to practice},
author = {F. M. Marchetti and M. H. Szymanska and J. Keeling and J. Kasprzak and R. Andre and P. B. Littlewood and Le Si Dang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0805.4298},
year = {2008}
}