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Quantum Degenerate Exciton-Polaritons in Thermal Equilibrium

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2007-05-23 v5

Abstract

We study the momentum distribution and relaxation dynamics of semiconductor microcavity polaritons by angle-resolved and time-resolved spectroscopy. Above a critical pump level, the thermalization time of polaritons at positive detunings becomes shorter than their lifetime, and the polaritons form a quantum degenerate Bose-Einstein distribution in thermal equilibrium with the lattice.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0604394,
  title  = {Quantum Degenerate Exciton-Polaritons in Thermal Equilibrium},
  author = {H Deng and D Press and S Gotzinger and GS Solomon and R Hey and KH Ploog and Y Yamamoto},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0604394},
  year   = {2007}
}

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