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We examine the Bose-Einstein-condensate (BEC) equivalent of transverse aspects of laser resonators. We model numerically repeated focussing of a 2-dimensional BEC, which could be achieved in practice by a series of far off-resonant light…

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Exciton-polaritons are a coherent electron-hole-photon (e-h-p) system where condensation has been observed in semiconductor microcavities. In contrast to equilibrium Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC) for long lifetime systems, polariton…

We examine the Bose-Einstein condensation of exciton-polaritons in a semiconductor microcavity via an electrical current. We propose that by embedding a quantum dot p-i-n junction inside the cavity, the tunneling current through the device…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-05-29 Yueh-Nan Chen , Neill Lambert , Franco Nori

Exciton-polaritons are composite bosonic quasiparticles arising from the strong coupling of excitonic transitions and optical modes. Exciton-polaritons have triggered wide exploration in the past decades not only due to their rich quantum…

Exciton-polaritons in semiconductor microcavities have advanced to become a model system for studying dynamical Bose-Einstein condensation, macroscopic coherence, many-body effects, nonclassical states of light and matter, and possibly…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2017-03-21 C. Schneider , K. Winkler , M. D. Fraser , M. Kamp , Y. Yamamoto , E. A. Ostrovskaya , S. Hoefling

Multi-level exciton-polariton systems offer an attractive platform for studies of non-linear optical phenomena. However, studies of such consequential non-linear phenomena as polariton condensation and lasing in planar microcavities have so…

We study the problem of high temperature Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC) of atom-light polaritons in a waveguide cavity appearing due to interaction of two-level atoms with (non-resonant) quantized optical radiation, in the strong coupling…

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Photon Bose-Einstein condensation and photon thermalisation have been largely studied with molecular gain media in optical cavities. Their observation with semiconductors has remained elusive despite a large body of experimental results and…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2024-03-15 Aurelian Loirette-Pelous , Jean-Jacques Greffet

That excitons in solids might condense into a phase-coherent ground state was proposed about 40 years ago, and has been attracting experimental and theoretical attention ever since. Although experimental confirmation has been hard to come…

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An asymmetric multi-quantum state magnetic lattice is proposed to host excitons formed in a quantum degenerate gas of ultracold fermionic atoms to simulate Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC) of excitons. A Quasi-two dimensional degenerate gas…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-09-21 A. Abdelrahman , M. Vasiliev , K. Alameh , P. Hannaford , Byoung S. Ham , Yong-Tak Lee

Interacting Bose-Fermi systems play a central role in condensed matter physics. Here, we analyze a novel Bose-Fermi mixture formed by a cavity exciton-polariton condensate interacting with a two-dimensional electron system. We show that…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2016-02-17 Ovidiu Cotleţ , Sina Zeytinoǧlu , Manfred Sigrist , Eugene Demler , Ataç Imamoǧlu

A quantum model of Bose-Einstein condensation based on processes involving polaritons excited in an intracavity absorbing cell with resonance atoms, which is manifested in the spectral characteristics of the system, is considered. It is…

We report the experimental study of a hybrid quantum solid state system comprising two-level artificial atoms coupled to cavity confined optical and vibrational modes. In this system combining cavity quantum electrodynamics and cavity…

We present a scheme for engineering the extended two-component Bose-Hubbard model using polariton condensate supported by optical microcavity. Compared to the usual two-component Bose-Hubbard model with only Kerr nonlinearity, our model…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-22 Yong-Chang Zhang , Xiang-Fa Zhou , Guang-Can Guo , Xingxiang Zhou , Han Pu , Zheng-Wei Zhou

Due to their photonic components, exciton-polariton systems provide a convenient platform to study the coherence properties of weakly-interacting Bose gases. In particular, optical interferometry enables the measurement of the first-order…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2025-09-05 Joseph Jachinowski , Hassan Alnatah , David W. Snoke , Peter B. Littlewood

The development of patterned multi-quantum well heterostructures in GaAs/AlGaAs waveguides has recently allowed to achieve exciton-polariton condensation in a topologically protected bound state in the continuum (BIC). Remarkably,…

When particles with integer spin accumulate at low temperature and high density they undergo Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC). Atoms, solid-state excitons and excitons coupled to light all exhibit BEC, which results in high coherence due to…

Bosonic condensation and lasing of exciton-polaritons in microcavities is a fascinating solid-state phenomenon. It provides a versatile platform to study out-of-equilibrium many-body physics and has recently appeared at the forefront of…

In a standard semiconductor laser, electrons and holes recombine via stimulated emission to emit coherent light, in a process that is far from thermal equilibrium. Exciton-polariton condensates -- sharing the same basic device structure as…

Exciton polaritons are hybrid particles of excitons (bound electron-hole pairs) and cavity photons, which are renowned for displaying Bose Einstein condensation and other coherent phenomena at elevated temperatures. However, their formation…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-08-29 Kenneth Choo , Olivier Bleu , Jesper Levinsen , Meera M. Parish