Abstract
Other than in a three-dimensional thermal photon gas as Planck's blackbody radiation, photons can exhibit Bose-Einstein condensation, if the thermalization process is restricted to two motional degrees of freedom. This self-contained tutorial describes the thermalization mechanism, the condensation process and the quantum statistics of the photon condensates in detail.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 243001 |
| Journal | Journal of physics B: atomic, molecular and optical physics |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue number | 24 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 28 Dec 2014 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Bose-Einstein condensation
- Dye physics
- Microcavities
- Quantum optics
- n/a OA procedure
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