Microcavities (Series on Semiconductor Science and Technology)
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.78 (552 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0198782993 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 608 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-09-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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Since 2005 he has been Professor and Chair of Nanophysics and Photonics at the University of Southampton, UK. He was a Marie Curie fellow at the Technische Universitat Munchen. Strong experience with Hitachi, IBM, his own spin-offs Mesophotonics and Base4, as well as strong industrial engagement give him a unique position to combine academic insight with industry application in a two-way flow. He worked on polariton based optoelectronic devices, spinor quantum fluids of light, photonic analogu
"A superb and deeply interesting book, Microcavities, will appeal to the novice and the seasoned researcher interested in the physics of exciton-polaritons alike. In a nutshell, this book bridges the distance between solid state physics, Bose-Einstein condensation and quantum optics, drawing a perfect connection line among these disciplines." -- Daniele Sanvitto, Institute of Nanotechnology -- CNR, Italy. The topic is presented in a simple, clear yet exhaustive fashion gathering all the essential achievements in the field
Currently, polariton devices exploiting the bosonic stimulation effects at room temperature are being developed by laboratories across the world. Microcavities are semiconductor, metal, or dielectric structures providing optical confinement in one, two or three dimensions. This book addresses the physics of microcavities: from classical to quantum optics, from a Boltzmann gas to a superfluid. In the following century several remarkable effects have been discovered in microcavities, including the Bose-Einstein condensation of exciton-polaritons, polariton lasing, superfluidity, optical spin Hall and spin Meissner effects, amongst other discoveries. It provides the theoretical background needed for understanding the complex phenomena in coupled light-matter systems, and it