Parametric oscillation in vertical triple microcavities

Nature

Volumn 440, Issue 7086, 2006, Pages 904-907

  Diederichs, C ^a   Tignon, J ^a   Dasbach, G ^a   Ciuti, C ^a   Lemaitre A ^b   Bloch, J ^b   Roussignol, Ph ^a   Delalande, C ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b UNIV PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; LASERS; NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; OPTICAL PUMPING; PHOTONS; QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY;

ALIGNMENT-FREE SOURCES; MICROCAVITIES; PARAMETRIC CONVERSION; QUANTUM INFORMATION;

OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS;

NANOPARTICLE;

CRYSTAL; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FIBER OPTICS; OSCILLATION; PARAMETERIZATION; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ARTICLE; ELECTRICITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; OSCILLATION; OSCILLATOR; PARAMETRIC TEST; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICONDUCTOR;

EID: 33645862868     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04602     Document Type: Article

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