Spatial correlation of two-dimensional Bosonic multimode condensates
Date
23/05/2016Metadata
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The Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless (BKT) theorem predicts that two-dimensional Bosonic condensates exhibit quasi-long-range order which is characterized by a slow decay of the spatial coherence. However previous measurements on exciton-polarition condensates revealed that their spatial coherence can decay faster than allowed under the BKT theory, and different theoretical explanations have already been proposed. Through theoretical and experimental study of exciton-polariton condensates, we show that the fast decay of the coherence can be explained through the simultaneous presence of multiple modes in the condensate.
Citation
Nitsche , W H , Kim , N Y , Roumpos , G , Schneider , C , Höfling , S , Forchel , A & Yamamoto , Y 2016 , ' Spatial correlation of two-dimensional Bosonic multimode condensates ' , Physical Review. A, Atomic, molecular, and optical physics , vol. 93 , no. 5 , 053622 . https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.93.053622
Publication
Physical Review. A, Atomic, molecular, and optical physics
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
1050-2947Type
Journal article
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This research has been supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) through its “Funding Program for World-Leading Innovative R&D on Science and Technology (FIRST Program),” by Navy/SPAWAR Grant No. N66001-09-1-2024, and by National Science Foundation Grant No. ECCS-09 25549. W.H.N. acknowledges a Gerhard Casper Stanford Graduate Fellowship for support.Collections
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