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Nonequilibrium Model of Photon Condensation

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04/09/2013
Author
Kirton, Peter George
Keeling, Jonathan Mark James
Keywords
QC Physics
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Abstract
We develop a nonequilibrium model of condensation and lasing of photons in a dye filled microcavity. We examine in detail the nature of the thermalization process induced by absorption and emission of photons by the dye molecules, and investigate when the photons are able to reach a thermal equilibrium Bose-Einstein distribution. At low temperatures, or large cavity losses, the absorption and emission rates are too small to allow the photons to reach thermal equilibrium and the behavior becomes more like that of a conventional laser.
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Kirton , P G & Keeling , J M J 2013 , ' Nonequilibrium Model of Photon Condensation ' , Physical Review Letters , vol. 111 , no. 10 , 100404 . https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.100404
Publication
Physical Review Letters
Status
Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.100404
ISSN
0031-9007
Type
Journal article
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© 2013 American Physical Society
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URL
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.100404
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10023/4844

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