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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.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 100404 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Physical Review Letters |
| Volume | 111 |
| Issue number | 10 |
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| Publication status | Published - 4 Sept 2013 |
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Topological Protection and NonEquilibriu: Topological Protection and NonEquilibrium States in Strongly Correlated Electron Systems
Wahl, P. (PI), Baumberger, F. (CoI), Davis, J. C. (CoI), Green, A. (CoI), Hooley, C. (CoI), Keeling, J. M. J. (CoI) & Mackenzie, A. (CoI)
1/09/11 → 31/08/17
Project: Standard
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Macroscopic quantum coherence: Macroscopic quantum coherence in non-equilibrium and driven quantum systems
Keeling, J. M. J. (PI)
1/09/10 → 31/03/14
Project: Fellowship