Strong exciton-photon coupling in an organic semiconductor microcavity

Nature

Volumn 395, Issue 6697, 1998, Pages 53-55

  Lidzey, D G ^a   Bradley, D D C ^a   Skolnick, M S ^a   Virgili, T ^a   Walker, S ^a   Whittaker, D M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b TOSHIBA CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVITY RESONATORS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EXCITONS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PHOTONS;

EXCITON PHOTON COUPLING; OPTICAL TRANSITION; ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR MICROGRAVITY; RABI SPLITTING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENERGY TRANSFER; OPTICAL ROTATION; PHOTON; POLARIMETRY; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICONDUCTOR; SPECTRUM;

EID: 0032480356     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/25692     Document Type: Article

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