A quantum Langevin model for non-equilibrium condensation
Abstract
We develop a quantum model for non-equilibrium Bose-Einstein condensation of photons and polaritons in planar microcavity devices. The model builds upon laser theory and includes the spatial dynamics of the cavity field, a saturation mechanism and some frequency-dependence of the gain: quantum Langevin equations are written for a cavity field coupled to a continuous distribution of externally pumped two-level emitters with a well-defined frequency. As a an example of application, the method is used to study the linearised quantum fluctuations around a steady-state condensed state. In the good-cavity regime, an effective equation for the cavity field only is proposed in terms of a stochastic Gross-Pitaevskii equation. Perspectives in view of a full quantum simulation of the non-equilibrium condensation process are finally sketched.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1405.7030,
title = {A quantum Langevin model for non-equilibrium condensation},
author = {Alessio Chiocchetta and Iacopo Carusotto},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1405.7030},
year = {2015}
}