Polariton condensation and lasing in optical microcavities: The decoherence-driven crossover

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2003, Pages

  Szymanska, M H ^a   Littlewood, P B ^a   Simons, B D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ELECTRONIC DENSITY OF STATES; ENERGY GAP; EXCITONS; GREEN'S FUNCTION; HAMILTONIANS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTONS; QUANTUM OPTICS;

DECOHERENCE; FERMIONIC PHASE-SPACE FILLING EFFECT; GAPLESS SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; MAXWELL-BLOCH EQUATION; OPTICAL MICROCAVITY; POLARITON CONDENSATION;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 0141683869     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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