Strongly interacting polaritons in coupled arrays of cavities

Nature Physics

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 849-855

  Hartmann, Michael J ^a   Brand̃o, Fernando G S L ^a   Plenio, Martin B ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL LATTICES; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PHONONS; PHOTONS; QUANTUM COMPUTERS;

COLLECTIVE PROPERTIES; INDIVIDUAL PARTICLES; MANY-BODY SYSTEMS; MANY-PARTICLE SYSTEMS; OPTICAL CAVITIES; QUANTUM COMPUTING DEVICES; QUANTUM PHASE TRANSITIONS; QUANTUM PHENOMENA;

QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT;

EID: 33845216829     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys462     Document Type: Article

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