Up on the Jaynes-Cummings ladder of a quantum-dot/microcavity system

Nature Materials

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 304-308

  Kasprzak, J ^a   Reitzenstein, S ^b   Muljarov, E A ^a   Kistner, C ^b   Schneider, C ^b   Strauss, M ^b   Hofling S ^b   Forchel, A ^b   Langbein, W ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATION; ELECTRODYNAMICS; EXCITONS; FOUR WAVE MIXING; JAYNES-CUMMINGS MODEL; LADDERS; PHOTONS; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

BULK SEMICONDUCTORS; CAVITY QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; NONLINEAR SPECTROSCOPY; OPTICAL MICROCAVITIES; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOSTRUCTURES; SOLID-STATE SYSTEM; STRONG-COUPLING REGIME;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 77950022674     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat2717     Document Type: Article

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