dc.contributor.author | Liu, Gangqiang | |
dc.contributor.author | Steger, Mark | |
dc.contributor.author | Pfeiffer, Loren N. | |
dc.contributor.author | West, Ken | |
dc.contributor.author | Snoke, David W. | |
dc.contributor.author | Sun, Yongbao | |
dc.contributor.author | Wen, Patrick | |
dc.contributor.author | Yoon, Yoseob | |
dc.contributor.author | Nelson, Keith Adam | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-05-18T19:43:00Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-05-18T19:43:00Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017-01 | |
dc.date.submitted | 2016-10 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0031-9007 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1079-7114 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/109180 | |
dc.description.abstract | The experimental realization of Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC) with atoms and quasiparticles has triggered wide exploration of macroscopic quantum effects. Microcavity polaritons are of particular interest because quantum phenomena such as BEC and superfluidity can be observed at elevated temperatures. However, polariton lifetimes are typically too short to permit thermal equilibration. This has led to debate about whether polariton condensation is intrinsically a nonequilibrium effect. Here we report the first unambiguous observation of BEC of optically trapped polaritons in thermal equilibrium in a high-Q microcavity, evidenced by equilibrium Bose-Einstein distributions over broad ranges of polariton densities and bath temperatures. With thermal equilibrium established, we verify that polariton condensation is a phase transition with a well-defined density-temperature phase diagram. The measured phase boundary agrees well with the predictions of basic quantum gas theory. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | United States. Department of Energy (DE-SC0001088) | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | National Science Foundation (U.S.) (PHY-1205762) | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | National Science Foundation (U.S.) (DMR-1104383) | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation (GBMF4420) | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | National Science Foundation (U.S.). Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers (Program) (DMR-1420541) | en_US |
dc.publisher | American Physical Society | en_US |
dc.relation.isversionof | http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.016602 | en_US |
dc.rights | Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. | en_US |
dc.source | American Physical Society | en_US |
dc.title | Bose-Einstein Condensation of Long-Lifetime Polaritons in Thermal Equilibrium | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Sun,Yongbao; Wen,Patrick ; Yoon, Yoseob; Liu,Gangqiang; Steger,Mark; Pfeiffer, Loren N.; West,Ken; Snoke,David W. and Nelson, Keith A. "Bose-Einstein Condensation of Long-Lifetime Polaritons in Thermal Equilibrium." Physical Review Letters 118, no. 016602 (January 2017): 1-6 © 2017 American Physical Society | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemistry | en_US |
dc.contributor.mitauthor | Sun, Yongbao | |
dc.contributor.mitauthor | Wen, Patrick | |
dc.contributor.mitauthor | Yoon, Yoseob | |
dc.contributor.mitauthor | Nelson, Keith Adam | |
dc.relation.journal | Physical Review Letters | en_US |
dc.eprint.version | Final published version | en_US |
dc.type.uri | http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle | en_US |
eprint.status | http://purl.org/eprint/status/PeerReviewed | en_US |
dc.date.updated | 2017-01-05T23:00:03Z | |
dc.language.rfc3066 | en | |
dc.rights.holder | American Physical Society | |
dspace.orderedauthors | Sun,Yongbao; Wen,Patrick ; Yoon, Yoseob; Liu,Gangqiang; Steger,Mark; Pfeiffer, Loren N.; West,Ken; Snoke,David W. ; Nelson, Keith A. | en_US |
dspace.embargo.terms | N | en_US |
dc.identifier.orcid | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8832-897X | |
dc.identifier.orcid | https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7804-5418 | |
mit.license | PUBLISHER_POLICY | en_US |