Phase diagram for condensation of microcavity polaritons: From theory to practice

F. M. Marchetti, M. H. Szymańska, J. M. J. Keeling, J. Kasprzak, R. André, P. B. Littlewood, and Le Si Dang
Phys. Rev. B 77, 235313 – Published 19 June 2008

Abstract

The first realization of a polariton condensate was recently achieved in a CdTe microcavity [Kasprzak et al., Nature (London) 443, 409 (2006)]. We compare the experimental phase boundaries, for various detunings and cryostat temperatures, with those found theoretically from a model which accounts for features of microcavity polaritons such as reduced dimensionality, internal composite structure, disorder in the quantum wells, polariton-polariton interactions, and finite lifetime.

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  • Received 9 April 2008

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.77.235313

©2008 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

F. M. Marchetti1, M. H. Szymańska2, J. M. J. Keeling3, J. Kasprzak4,*, R. André4, P. B. Littlewood3, and Le Si Dang4

  • 1Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics, 1 Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3NP, United Kingdom
  • 2Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
  • 3Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom
  • 4CEA-CNRS-UJF joint group ‘Nanophysique et Semiconducteurs’, Institut Neél, CNRS, 25 rue des Martyrs, 38042 Grenoble, France

  • *Present address: School of Physics and Astronomy, Cardiff University, Queens Buildings, 5 The Parade, Cardiff, CF24 3AA, United Kingdom

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Vol. 77, Iss. 23 — 15 June 2008

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