Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2017 iii Paper 343 3 ii Solution Created 2026-10-03 Updated 2026-10-06
For a spatially uniform pump and , a nonzero homogeneous solution has constant number density determined by gain saturation. Its complex argument rotates uniformly:This uniform pumped polariton condensate requires , equivalentlyIn the cubic approximation its number density isIt is not the exact number density of the original two-field equations, which would be : the two coincide to first order in distance above threshold. At or below threshold there is no positive nonzero branch of this form; the vacuum remains a solution. This algebra establishes existence, not stability for every possible sign of .
Choose and seek a time-independent normalized profile throughUsing and , its equation becomesDivision by therefore yieldsFor a localized zero-winding disturbance the bulk condition is . Here is a complex coefficient with inverse-length-squared dimensions in the scaled equation, not the real wall-healing length denoted by the same letter in Question 1. The constant far-field phase excludes net vortex winding lemma explains why the next part requires interpreting the vortex boundary differently.