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Polarization dynamics in a photon Bose-Einstein condensate

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Date
10/2017
Author
Moodie, Ryan
Kirton, Peter George
Keeling, Jonathan Mark James
Funder
EPSRC
EPSRC
EPSRC
Grant ID
EP/M010910/1
EP/I031014/1
EP/M025330/1
Keywords
QC Physics
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Abstract
It has previously been shown that a dye-filled microcavity can produce a Bose-Einstein condensate of photons. Thermalization of photons is possible via repeated absorption and re-emission by the dye molecules. In this paper, we theoretically explore the behavior of the polarization of light in this system. We find that in contrast to the near complete thermalization between different spatial modes of light, thermalization of polarization states is expected to generally be incomplete. We show that the polarization degree changes significantly from below to above threshold, and explain the dependence of polarization on all relevant material parameters.
Citation
Moodie , R , Kirton , P G & Keeling , J M J 2017 , ' Polarization dynamics in a photon Bose-Einstein condensate ' , Physical Review. A, Atomic, molecular, and optical physics , vol. 96 , no. 4 , 043844 . https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.96.043844
Publication
Physical Review. A, Atomic, molecular, and optical physics
Status
Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.96.043844
ISSN
1050-2947
Type
Journal article
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© 2017, American Physical Society. This work has been made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created, accepted version manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.96.043844
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Funding: “Laidlaw Research Internship” scheme at the University of St Andrews (RIM), EPSRC (EP/M010910/1) (PGK), EPSRC programs “TOPNES” (EP/I031014/1) and “Hybrid polaritonics” (EP/M025330/1) (JK).
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http://hdl.handle.net/10023/11735

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