Monday, May 21, 2012

1205.4121 (F. Manni et al.)

Penrose-Onsager Criterion Validation in a One-Dimensional Polariton
Condensate
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F. Manni, K. G. Lagoudakis, R. André, M. Wouters, B. Deveaud
We perform quantum tomography on one-dimensional polariton condensates, spontaneously occurring in linear disorder valleys in a CdTe planar microcavity sample. By the use of optical interferometric techniques, we determine the first-order coherence function and the amplitude and phase of the order parameter of the condensate, providing a full reconstruction of the single particle density matrix for the polariton system. The experimental data are used as input to theoretically test the consistency of Penrose-Onsager criterion for Bose-Einstein condensation in the framework of nonequilibrium polariton condensates. The results confirm the pertinence and validity of the criterion for a non equilibrium condensed gas.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1205.4121

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