Spatial and spectral shape of inhomogeneous nonequilibrium exciton-polariton condensates

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Wouters, Michiel ^a   Carusotto, Iacopo ^b   Ciuti, Cristiano ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

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EID: 41549099542     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.77.115340     Document Type: Article

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