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Quantum Degenerate Exciton-Polaritons in Thermal Equilibrium

H Deng, D Press, S Gotzinger, GS Solomon, R Hey, KH Ploog, Y Yamamoto

cond-mat.mes-hallarXiv:cond-mat/0604394

Abstract

We study the momentum distribution and relaxation dynamics of semiconductor microcavity polaritons by angle-resolved and time-resolved spectroscopy. Above a critical pump level, the thermalization time of polaritons at positive detunings becomes shorter than their lifetime, and the polaritons form a quantum degenerate Bose-Einstein distribution in thermal equilibrium with the lattice.

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