After reviewing the interpretation of laser operation as a non-equilibrium Bose-Einstein condensation phase transition, we illustrate the novel features arising from the non-equilibrium nature of photon and polariton Bose-Einstein condensates recently observed in experiments. We then proposea quantitative criterion to experimentally assess the equilibrium vs. non-equilibrium nature of a specific condensation process, based on fluctuation-dissipation relations. The power of this criterion is illustrated on two models which shows very different behaviours.

Laser Operation and Bose-Einstein Condensation: Analogies and Differences / Chiocchetta, A.; Gambassi, Andrea; Carusotto, I.. - (2017), pp. 409-423. [10.1017/9781316084366.022]

Laser Operation and Bose-Einstein Condensation: Analogies and Differences

Gambassi, Andrea;
2017-01-01

Abstract

After reviewing the interpretation of laser operation as a non-equilibrium Bose-Einstein condensation phase transition, we illustrate the novel features arising from the non-equilibrium nature of photon and polariton Bose-Einstein condensates recently observed in experiments. We then proposea quantitative criterion to experimentally assess the equilibrium vs. non-equilibrium nature of a specific condensation process, based on fluctuation-dissipation relations. The power of this criterion is illustrated on two models which shows very different behaviours.
2017
Universal themes of Bose-Einstein condensation
409
423
https://arxiv.org/abs/1503.02816
Chiocchetta, A.; Gambassi, Andrea; Carusotto, I.
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