Observation of a non-Hermitian phase transition in an optical quantum gas

FE Öztürk, T Lappe, G Hellmann, J Schmitt, J Klaers… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Quantum gases of light, such as photon or polariton condensates in optical microcavities,
are collective quantum systems enabling a tailoring of dissipation from, for example, cavity …

Bose–Einstein condensation of photons in a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser

M Pieczarka, M Gębski, AN Piasecka, JA Lott… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Many bosons can occupy a single quantum state without a limit. It is described by the
quantum-mechanical Bose–Einstein statistic, which allows Bose–Einstein condensation at …

Sub-picosecond thermalization dynamics in condensation of strongly coupled lattice plasmons

AI Väkeväinen, AJ Moilanen, M Nečada… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Bosonic condensates offer exciting prospects for studies of non-equilibrium quantum
dynamics. Understanding the dynamics is particularly challenging in the sub-picosecond …

Breakdown of Temporal Coherence in Photon Condensates

Y Tang, HS Dhar, RF Oulton, RA Nyman, F Mintert - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
The temporal coherence of an ideal Bose gas increases as the system approaches the Bose-
Einstein condensation threshold from below, with coherence time diverging at the critical …

Observation of nonlinear response and Onsager regression in a photon Bose-Einstein condensate

A Sazhin, VN Gladilin, A Erglis, G Hellmann… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The quantum regression theorem states that the correlations of a system at two different
times are governed by the same equations of motion as the single-time averages. This …

Photon-photon correlation of condensed light in a microcavity

Y Tang, HS Dhar, RF Oulton, RA Nyman, F Mintert - Physical Review A, 2024 - APS
The study of temporal coherence in a Bose-Einstein condensate of photons can be
challenging, especially in the presence of correlations between the photonic modes. In this …

“Amplified Spontaneous Emission” in Micro-and Nanolasers

GL Lippi - Atoms, 2021 - mdpi.com
Amplified Spontaneous Emission is ubiquitous in systems with optical gain and is
responsible for many opportunities and shortcomings. Its role in the progression from the …

Engineering photon statistics in a spinor polariton condensate

S Baryshev, A Zasedatelev, H Sigurdsson, I Gnusov… - Physical Review Letters, 2022 - APS
We implement full polarization tomography on photon correlations in a spinor exciton-
polariton condensate. Our measurements reveal condensate pseudospin mean-field …

Photon Bose–Einstein Condensation and Lasing in Semiconductor Cavities

A Loirette‐Pelous, JJ Greffet - Laser & Photonics Reviews, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Photon Bose–Einstein condensation and photon thermalisation have been largely
studied with molecular gain media in optical cavities. However, their observation with …

Fluctuation dynamics of an open photon Bose-Einstein condensate

FE Ozturk, T Lappe, G Hellmann, J Schmitt, J Klaers… - Physical Review A, 2019 - APS
Bosonic gases coupled to a particle reservoir have proven to support a regime of operation
where Bose-Einstein condensation coexists with unusually large particle-number …