Strong exciton-photon coupling in semiconductor quantum dot systems

Semiconductor Science and Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Reithmaier, Johann Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

BASIC THEORIES; FABRICATION TECHNOLOGIES; FUTURE WORKS; MICRODISC; QUANTUM DOTS; STRONG COUPLINGS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 58149472371     PISSN: 02681242     EISSN: 13616641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0268-1242/23/12/123001     Document Type: Article

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