Superfluidity of polaritons in semiconductor microcavities

Nature Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 805-810

  Amo, Alberto ^a   Lefrère, Jérôme ^a   Pigeon, Simon ^b   Adrados, Claire ^a   Ciuti, Cristiano ^b   Carusotto, Iacopo ^c   Houdré, Romuald ^d   Giacobino, Elisabeth ^a   Bramati, Alberto ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE KASTLER BROSSEL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^d EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATION; FLOW VELOCITY; LIQUEFIED GASES; MICROCAVITIES; PHONONS; PHOTONS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SEMICONDUCTOR COUNTERS; STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

EXCITON POLARITONS; EXPERIMENTAL DEMONSTRATIONS; GROSS-PITAEVSKII THEORY; INTERACTING BOSONS; MICRO-CAVITY POLARITONS; QUANTITATIVE AGREEMENT; SEMICONDUCTOR MICROCAVITIES; SOLID-STATE SYSTEM;

SUPERFLUID HELIUM;

EID: 70449519451     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1364     Document Type: Article

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