Repository logo

Infoscience

  • English
  • French
Log In
Logo EPFL, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne

Infoscience

  • English
  • French
Log In
  1. Home
  2. Academic and Research Output
  3. Journal articles
  4. Bose-Einstein condensation of photons in an ideal atomic gas
 
research article

Bose-Einstein condensation of photons in an ideal atomic gas

Kruchkov, Alex
•
Slyusarenko, Yurii
2013
Physical Review A

We study peculiarities of Bose-Einstein condensation of photons that are in thermodynamic equilibrium with atoms of noninteracting gases. General equations of the thermodynamic equilibrium of the system under study are obtained. We examine solutions of these equations in the case of high temperatures, when the atomic components of the system can be considered as nondegenerated ideal gases of atoms, and the photonic component can form a state with the Bose condensate. Transcendental equation for transition temperature and expression for the density of condensed photons in the considered system are derived. We also obtain analytical solutions of the equation for the critical temperature in a number of particular cases. The existence of two regimes of Bose condensation of photons, which differ significantly in nature of transition temperature dependence on the total density of photons pumped into the system, is revealed. In one case, this dependence is a traditional fractional-power law, and in another one it is the logarithmic law. Applying numerical methods, we determine boundaries of existence and implementation conditions for different regimes of condensation depending on the physical parameters of the system under study. We also show that for a large range of physical systems that are in equilibrium with photons (from ultracold gases of alkali metals to certain types of ideal plasma), the condensation of photons should occur according to the logarithmic regime.

  • Details
  • Metrics
Type
research article
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevA.88.013615
Author(s)
Kruchkov, Alex
Slyusarenko, Yurii
Date Issued

2013

Publisher

American Physical Society

Published in
Physical Review A
Volume

88

Issue

1

Article Number

013615

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

Written at

OTHER

EPFL units
IPHYS  
Available on Infoscience
August 8, 2016
Use this identifier to reference this record
https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/128435
Logo EPFL, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
  • Contact
  • infoscience@epfl.ch

  • Follow us on Facebook
  • Follow us on Instagram
  • Follow us on LinkedIn
  • Follow us on X
  • Follow us on Youtube
AccessibilityLegal noticePrivacy policyCookie settingsEnd User AgreementGet helpFeedback

Infoscience is a service managed and provided by the Library and IT Services of EPFL. © EPFL, tous droits réservés