Quantized vortices in an exciton-polariton condensate

Nature Physics

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 706-710

  Lagoudakis, K G ^a   Wouters, M ^a,d   Richard, M ^a   Baas, A ^a   Carusotto, I ^b   Andre R ^c   Dang, Le Si ^c   Deveaud Pledran B ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOSONS; EXCITONS; PHONONS; PHOTONS; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; TEMPERATURE; VORTEX FLOW;

CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT; EXCITON POLARITONS; GROSS-PITAEVSKII EQUATION; INTERACTING BOSE GAS; POLARITON CONDENSATES; SEMICONDUCTOR MICROCAVITIES; SPONTANEOUS FORMATION; STRONG-COUPLING REGIME;

BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATION;

EID: 51049111105     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1051     Document Type: Article

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