Phase-resolved imaging of confined exciton-polariton wave functions in elliptical traps

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Nardin, Gaël ^a   Léger, Yoan ^a   Pietka, Barbara ^a   Morier Genoud, François ^a   Deveaud Plédran, Benoît ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

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EID: 77956702966     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.82.045304     Document Type: Article

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