Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 066405 (2006) [4 pages]Thermodynamics and Excitations of Condensed Polaritons in Disordered MicrocavitiesReceived 16 September 2005; published 17 February 2006 We study the thermodynamic condensation of microcavity polaritons using a realistic model of disorder in semiconductor quantum wells. This approach correctly describes the polariton inhomogeneous broadening in the low density limit, and treats scattering by disorder to all orders in the condensed regime. While the weak disorder changes the thermodynamic properties of the transition little, the effects of disorder in the condensed state are prominent in the excitations and can be seen in resonant Rayleigh scattering. © 2006 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.066405
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.066405
PACS:
71.36.+c, 71.45.−d, 78.35.+c
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