Nonequilibrium model of photon condensation

Kirton, Peter and Keeling, Jonathan (2013) Nonequilibrium model of photon condensation. Physical Review Letters, 111 (10). 100404. ISSN 1079-7114 (https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.100404)

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Abstract

We develop a nonequilibrium model of condensation and lasing of photons in a dye filled microcavity. We examine in detail the nature of the thermalization process induced by absorption and emission of photons by the dye molecules, and investigate when the photons are able to reach a thermal equilibrium Bose-Einstein distribution. At low temperatures, or large cavity losses, the absorption and emission rates are too small to allow the photons to reach thermal equilibrium and the behavior becomes more like that of a conventional laser.

  • Item type:Article
    ID code:71392
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    4 September 2013
    Published
    Subjects:Science > Physics
    Department:Faculty of Science > Physics
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:07 Feb 2020 11:50
    Last modified:09 Apr 2024 01:16
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/71392
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