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Bose–Einstein condensation and superfluidity of a weakly-interacting photon gas in a nonlinear Fabry–Perot cavity

✍ Scribed by A. Tanzini; S.P. Sorella


Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1999
Tongue
English
Weight
57 KB
Volume
263
Category
Article
ISSN
0375-9601

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✦ Synopsis


A field theoretical framework for the recently proposed photon condensation effect in a nonlinear Fabry-Perot cavity is discussed. The dynamics of the photon gas turns out to be described by an effective 2D Hamiltonian of a complex massive scalar field. Finite size effects turn out to be relevant for the existence of the photon condensate.