Bose-Einstein condensation in a plasmonic lattice

被引：184

作者：

Hakala, Tommi K. ^{[1
]}

Moilanen, Antti J. ^{[1
]}

Vakevainen, Aaro I. ^{[1
]}

Guo, Rui ^{[1
]}

Martikainen, Jani-Petri ^{[1
]}

Daskalakis, Konstantinos S. ^{[1
]}

Rekola, Heikki T. ^{[1
]}

Julku, Aleksi ^{[1
]}

Torma, Paivi ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Aalto Univ, Sch Sci, COMP Ctr Excellence, Dept Appl Phys, Aalto, Finland

来源：

NATURE PHYSICS | 2018年 / 14卷 / 07期

基金：

欧洲研究理事会; 芬兰科学院;

关键词：

POLARITON CONDENSATE; ROOM-TEMPERATURE; SEMICONDUCTOR MICROCAVITY; EXCITON POLARITONS; INSULATORS; ARRAYS; LASERS; LIGHT; GAS;

D O I：

10.1038/s41567-018-0109-9

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

Bose-Einstein condensation is a remarkable manifestation of quantum statistics and macroscopic quantum coherence. Superconductivity and superfluidity have their origin in Bose-Einstein condensation. Ultracold quantum gases have provided condensates close to the original ideas of Bose and Einstein, while condensation of polaritons and magnons has introduced novel concepts of non-equilibrium condensation. Here, we demonstrate a Bose-Einstein condensate of surface plasmon polaritons in lattice modes of a metal nanoparticle array. Interaction of the nanoscale-confined surface plasmons with a room-temperature bath of dye molecules enables thermalization and condensation in picoseconds. The ultrafast thermalization and condensation dynamics are revealed by an experiment that exploits thermalization under propagation and the open-cavity character of the system. A crossover from a Bose-Einstein condensate to usual lasing is realized by tailoring the band structure. This new condensate of surface plasmon lattice excitations has promise for future technologies due to its ultrafast, room-temperature and on-chip nature.

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页码：739 / +

页数：7

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