Spatial and spectral shape of inhomogeneous nonequilibrium exciton-polariton condensates

By M. Wouters, I. Carusotto, C. Ciuti. 2007

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We develop a mean-field theory of the spatial profile and the spectral properties of polariton condensates in nonresonantly pumped semiconductor microcavities in the strong coupling regime. Specific signatures of the nonequilibrium character of the condensation process are pointed out: a striking sensitivity of the condensate shape on the optical pump spot size is demonstrated by analytical and numerical calculations, in good quantitative agreement with recent experimental observations.

Subfields: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Civil and Structural Engineering

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In Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

1. Nathan Goldman
2. A. Amo
3. T. Ozawa
4. H. Price
5. M. Rechtsman
6. I. Carusotto
7. David I. Schuster
8. Jonathan Simon

In Civil and Structural Engineering

1. A. Kavokin
2. T. Liew
3. I. Shelykh
4. Jacqueline Bloch
5. G. Malpuech
6. Y. G. Rubo
7. C. Ciuti

Citations in the corpus

• Topological photonics (2018, background): “, 2007), such as ballistic outward flows (Richard et al., 2005; Wertz et al., 2010; Wouters et al., 2008) or solitonic-like self-bound modes (Jacqmin et al.”
• Polariton polarization-sensitive phenomena in planar semiconductor microcavities (2009, background): “The theoretical description of the intermediate case is a more complicated task (Shelykh et al 2007a, Wouters et al 2008), which remains beyond the scope of the present review.”
• Exciton-polaritons in lattices: A non-linear photonic simulator (2016, background): “However, the polariton laser is out of equilibrium, its steady state is set by the interplay of pumping, relaxation and losses, and it can take place in excited states [90,91].”
• Spontaneous formation and optical manipulation of extended polariton condensates (2010, background): “As there are no photogenerated excitons outside the small pump area, this blueshift is spatially limited and creates a force tending to expel polaritons from the excitation area: the polariton condensate undergoes a lateral acceleration and acquires a finite in-plane wave vecto”