Figure 8

Polariton BEC density \(P(x,x) = |\varphi (x,t)|^2 \) at an arbitrary position in a strip 4000 \(\upmu \)m long for different values of \(\kappa \) and \(\gamma \), when quantum uncertainty is taken into consideration. In all the simulations, the effective pumping rate \(\gamma _{\textrm{eff}} = \gamma - \kappa \) was kept constant and considered to be \(\gamma _{\textrm{eff}} = 0.1\) meV. (a) \(\kappa + \gamma = 1\) meV; (b) \(\kappa + \gamma =\) 5 meV; (c) \(\kappa + \gamma =\) 10 meV; and (d) \(\kappa + \gamma =\) 30 meV.