Laser emission from semiconductor microcavities: The role of cavity polaritons

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 3233-3236

  Fan, Xudong ^a   Wang, Hailin ^a   Hou, H Q ^b   Hammons, B E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVITY RESONATORS; ELECTRONIC DENSITY OF STATES; EXCITONS; LIGHT EMISSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

CAVITY POLARITONS; EXCITON LOCALIZATION; LASER EMISSION; SEMICONDUCTOR MICROCAVITIES; THRESHOLD CAVITY;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0031256667     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.56.3233     Document Type: Article

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