This reference book explains the fundamentals of Bose Einstein Condensation (BEC) in excitons and polaritons. It presents five chapters exploring fundamental concepts and recent developments on the subject. Starting with a historical overview of BEC, the book progresses into the origins and behaviors of excitons and polaritons. Chapters also cover the unique thermalization and relaxation kinetics of excitons, and the distinctive features of polaritons, such as lasing, superfluidity, and quantized vortices.
The chapters dedicated to BEC in excitons and polaritons detail experimental techniques, theoretical modeling, recent advancements, and practical applications in a simplified way for beginners. This book serves as a resource for researchers, physicists, and students interested in the phenomena of BEC, providing insights into both the theoretical foundations and the practical implications of excitons and polaritons.
The chapters dedicated to BEC in excitons and polaritons detail experimental techniques, theoretical modeling, recent advancements, and practical applications in a simplified way for beginners. This book serves as a resource for researchers, physicists, and students interested in the phenomena of BEC, providing insights into both the theoretical foundations and the practical implications of excitons and polaritons.
Readership
Graduate and undergraduate students and academics studying particle and contended matter physics.Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION- INTRODUCTION
- HISTORY OF BOSE EINSTEIN CONDENSATION
- SUMMARY OF CHAPTERS
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- THE ORIGIN OF EXCITONS
- RELAXATION KINETICS OF EXCITONS
- Exciton-Phonon Scattering
- Exciton-Exciton Scattering
- Auger Decay
- Radiative and Non-radiative Decay
- Results and Discussion with Different Relaxation Processes
- THERMALIZATION BEHAVIOUR OF EXCITONS
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- INTRODUCTION
- Building Blocks for Polariton Formation
- Exciton in Semiconductors
- Quantum Well Exciton
- Excitation Way
- Photons Trapped in Microcavities
- Light-Matter Coupling
- SPECIAL CONDENSATE FEATURES
- Polariton Lasing
- Super Fluidity
- Quantized vortices
- Vortices in Polariton Condensates
- Dynamics of Vortices in Polariton Condensates
- Quantized Vortices
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES TO GET BEC
- Early Experiments
- Spectral Analysis Experiment
- Transport Experiments
- Nowadays Experiments
- Experimental Procedure 1
- Experimental Procedure 2
- THEORETICAL MODELING TO GET THE RELAXATION KINETICS AND BEC
- OF EXCITONS
- Theoretical Methodology
- RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THIS FIELD
- APPLICATION OF BOSE EINSTEIN CONDENSATION OF EXCITONS
- Atom Laser
- Atomic Clock
- Gravitational, Rotational and Magnetic Sensors
- Magnetic Sensors
- Types of Magnetic Sensors
- Application of Magnetic Sensors
- Gravity Sensor
- Quantum Gravity Sensor
- Application of Gravity Sensor
- Rotation Sensors
- Application of Rotation Sensor
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- INTRODUCTION
- EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES TO GET BEC
- Excitation Methods
- Resonant Pumping
- Non Resonant Pumping
- Continuous Wave (CW) Multimode Titanium Sapphire
- Continuous Wave (CW) Multimode Laser Diodes
- Continuous Wave (CW) Monomode Titanium Sapphire
- Mode Locked Pulsed Titanium Sapphire
- Inhomogeneous Optical Pumping
- Gaussian Pump
- Laguerre-Gaussian Pump
- General Excitation and Detection Setup
- Optical Observation Methods
- Real Space Imaging
- Momentum Space Imaging
- Spectroscopy
- Time Resolved Imaging
- Theoretical Modeling to get BEC
- Recent Developments in this Field
- Application of Bose Einstein Condensation of Polaritons
- Polariton Laser
- Polariton Switches
- Quantum States and Quantum Simulators
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- SUBJECT INDEX
Author
- Sunipa Som
