Collective fluid dynamics of a polariton condensate in a semiconductor microcavity

Nature

Volumn 457, Issue 7227, 2009, Pages 291-295

  Amo, A ^a   Sanvitto, D ^a   Laussy, F P ^a   Ballarini, D ^a   Valle, E Del ^a   Martin, M D ^a   Lemaitre A ^b   Bloch, J ^b   Krizhanovskii, D N ^c   Skolnick, M S ^c   Tejedor, C ^a   Vina L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIV PARIS SUD   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDENSATE; DISSIPATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUID DYNAMICS; LIGHT SCATTERING;

ARTICLE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT SCATTERING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICONDUCTOR;

EID: 58249111115     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature07640     Document Type: Article

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