Theory of polariton parametric interactions in semiconductor microcavities

Semiconductor Science and Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2003, Pages

  Ciuti, C ^a   Schwendimann, P ^b   Quattropani, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Defense Procurement   (Switzerland)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRON RESONANCE; ENERGY GAP; EXCITONS; LUMINESCENCE; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PHOTONS;

POLARITON; SEMICONDUCTOR MICROCAVITIES;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

EID: 0142123095     PISSN: 02681242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0268-1242/18/10/301     Document Type: Article

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