Crossover from exciton to biexciton polaritons in semiconductor microcavities

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 385-388

  Saba, M ^a   Quochi, F ^a   Ciuti, C ^a   Oesterle, U ^a   Staehli, J L ^a   Deveaud, B ^a   Bongiovanni, G ^b   Mura, A ^b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON RESONANCE; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ELECTRONIC DENSITY OF STATES; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; EXCITONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

OSCILLATOR STRENGTH TRANSFER; PUMP PROBE MEASUREMENT; SEMICONDUCTOR MICROCAVITIES; THREE EXCITON COULOMB CORRELATION;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

EID: 0034228936     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.385     Document Type: Article

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