Effect of dephasing on exciton superradiance and exciton cavity polaritons

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1069-1077

  Björk, Gunnar ^a,b   Pau, Stanley ^a   Jacobson, Joseph M ^a   Cao, Hui ^a   Yamamoto, Yoshihisa ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

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EID: 0030528754     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.13.001069     Document Type: Article

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