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Polariton condensates

Going soft

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The experimental observation of polariton condensates at room temperature in soft organic materials makes the study of quantum condensed phases easily accessible and opens inroads to optoelectronic devices based on macroscopic quantum phenomena.

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Figure 1: Schematic picture of an organic microcavity composed of two dielectric mirrors that sandwich a thin intracavity layer of a soft organic semiconductor.

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