Sub-cycle switch-on of ultrastrong light-matter interaction

Nature

Volumn 458, Issue 7235, 2009, Pages 178-181

  Gunter G ^a   Anappara, A A ^a,b   Hees, J ^a   Sell, A ^a   Biasiol, G ^c   Sorba, L ^b,c   De Liberato, S ^d,e   Ciuti, C ^d   Tredicucci, A ^b   Leitenstorfer, A ^a   Huber, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b INFM   (Italy)

^c LABORATORIO TASC   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^e ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALLIUM ARSENIDE; QUANTUM DOT;

ELECTRODYNAMICS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUNDAMENTAL PARTICLE; ION EXCHANGE; LIGHT EFFECT; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

ARTICLE; ELECTRONICS; LIGHT; OSCILLATION; PHOTON; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS; QUANTUM OPTOELECTRONICS; QUANTUM THEORY; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SEMICONDUCTOR;

EID: 62249087854     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature07838     Document Type: Article

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