Journal of Low Temperature Physics

, Volume 148, Issue 3–4, pp 459–464 | Cite as

Many-body Physics of a Quantum Fluid of Exciton-Polaritons in a Semiconductor Microcavity

  • Iacopo Carusotto
  • Michiel Wouters
  • Cristiano Ciuti
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Abstract

Some recent results concerning nonlinear optics in semiconductor microcavities are reviewed from the point of view of the many-body physics of an interacting photon gas. Analogies with systems of cold atoms at thermal equilibrium are drawn, and the peculiar behaviours due to the non-equilibrium regime pointed out. The richness of the predicted behaviours shows the potentialities of optical systems for the study of the physics of quantum fluids.

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Iacopo Carusotto
    • 1
  • Michiel Wouters
    • 1
    • 2
  • Cristiano Ciuti
    • 3
    • 4
  1. 1.BEC-CNR-INFM and Università di TrentoPovoItaly
  2. 2.TFVSUniversiteit AntwerpenAntwerpenBelgium
  3. 3.Laboratoire Pierre AigrainEcole Normale SupérieureParisFrance
  4. 4.Laboratoire Matériaux et Phenomènes Quantiques (MPQ)Université Paris 7ParisFrance

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