Intrinsic decoherence mechanisms in the microcavity polariton condensate

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Love, A P D ^a   Krizhanovskii, D N ^a   Whittaker, D M ^a   Bouchekioua, R ^a   Sanvitto, D ^b   Al Rizeiqi, S A ^a   Bradley, R ^a   Skolnick, M S ^a   Eastham, P R ^c   Andre R ^d   Dang, Le Si ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATION; COHERENT LIGHT; FLOW INTERACTIONS; MECHANISMS; OPTICAL CORRELATION; PHONONS; PHOTONS; QUANTUM THEORY; STEAM CONDENSERS;

BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATE; COHERENCE TIMES; CORRELATION FUNCTIONS; DECAY TIMES; DECOHERENCE; FIRST ORDERS; FUNDAMENTAL MECHANISMS; GAUSSIAN DECAYS; INTRINSIC DECOHERENCE; LINE SHAPES; MICRO CAVITIES; NUMBER FLUCTUATIONS; OPTICAL MODELLING; PHASE COHERENCE; POLARITON; SECOND-ORDER CORRELATION FUNCTIONS;

CORRELATION METHODS;

EID: 49749147895     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.067404     Document Type: Article

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