Critical fluctuations in a confined driven-dissipative quantum condensate
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| author | Alnatah, Hassan Comaron, Paolo Mukherjee, Shouvik Beaumariage, Jonathan Pfeiffer, Loren N. West, Ken Baldwin, Kirk Szymańska, Marzena Snoke, David W. |
| author_facet | Alnatah, Hassan Comaron, Paolo Mukherjee, Shouvik Beaumariage, Jonathan Pfeiffer, Loren N. West, Ken Baldwin, Kirk Szymańska, Marzena Snoke, David W. |
| contents | Phase fluctuations determine the low-energy properties of quantum condensates. However, at the condensation threshold, both density and phase fluctuations are relevant. While strong emphasis has been given to the investigation of phase fluctuations, which dominate the physics of the quantum system away from the critical point -- number fluctuations have been much less explored, even in thermal equilibrium. In this work, we report experimental observation and theoretical description of fluctuations in a circularly-confined non-equilibrium Bose-Einstein condensate of polaritons near the condensation threshold. We observe critical fluctuations, which combine the number fluctuations of a single-mode condensate state and competition between different states. The latter are analogous to mode hopping in photon lasers. Our theoretical analysis indicates that this phenomenon is of a quantum character, while classical noise of the pump is not sufficient to explain the experiments. The manifestation of a critical quantum state competition unlocks new possibilities for the study of condensate formation while linking to practical realizations in photonic lasers. |
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| spellingShingle | Critical fluctuations in a confined driven-dissipative quantum condensate Alnatah, Hassan Comaron, Paolo Mukherjee, Shouvik Beaumariage, Jonathan Pfeiffer, Loren N. West, Ken Baldwin, Kirk Szymańska, Marzena Snoke, David W. Quantum Gases Statistical Mechanics Optics Phase fluctuations determine the low-energy properties of quantum condensates. However, at the condensation threshold, both density and phase fluctuations are relevant. While strong emphasis has been given to the investigation of phase fluctuations, which dominate the physics of the quantum system away from the critical point -- number fluctuations have been much less explored, even in thermal equilibrium. In this work, we report experimental observation and theoretical description of fluctuations in a circularly-confined non-equilibrium Bose-Einstein condensate of polaritons near the condensation threshold. We observe critical fluctuations, which combine the number fluctuations of a single-mode condensate state and competition between different states. The latter are analogous to mode hopping in photon lasers. Our theoretical analysis indicates that this phenomenon is of a quantum character, while classical noise of the pump is not sufficient to explain the experiments. The manifestation of a critical quantum state competition unlocks new possibilities for the study of condensate formation while linking to practical realizations in photonic lasers. |
| title | Critical fluctuations in a confined driven-dissipative quantum condensate |
| topic | Quantum Gases Statistical Mechanics Optics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2212.11445 |