Crystallization of strongly interacting photons in a nonlinear optical fibre

Nature Physics

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 884-889

  Chang, D E ^a   Gritsev, V ^a   Morigi, G ^b   Vuletic V ^c   Lukin, M D ^a   Demler, E A ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GASES; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHOTONS; QUANTUM HALL EFFECT; QUANTUM OPTICS;

COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOUR; INTERACTING PARTICLES; INTERACTING PHOTONS; OPTICAL NONLINEARITY; QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS; QUANTUM HALL REGIME; STRONGLY CORRELATED QUANTUM SYSTEMS; UNCONVENTIONAL SUPERCONDUCTORS;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 55649104740     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1074     Document Type: Article

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