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Title
Energy relaxation in the mean-field description of polariton condensates
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Abstract
We introduce a dissipation term in the Gross-Pitaevskii equation that describes the stimulated relaxation of condensed bosons due to scattering with different types of particles. This situation applies to Bose-Einstein condensates of quasi-particles in the solid state, such as magnons and excitons. Our model is compatible with the phenomenology of superfluidity: supercurrents are stable up to a critical speed and decay when they are faster. We apply our model to a description of the relaxation of polariton condensates in a shallow trap.
Language
English
Source (journal)
New journal of physics / Institute of Physics [Londen]; German Physical Society. - Bristol
Publication
Bristol : 2012
ISSN
1367-2630
DOI
10.1088/1367-2630/14/7/075020
Volume/pages
14 (2012) , 12 p.
Article Reference
075020
ISI
000307075200001
Medium
E-only publicatie
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Last edited 09.10.2023
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