Comment on "topological stability of the half-vortices in spinor exciton-polariton condensates"

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Toledo Solano, M ^a   Rubo, Yuri G ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ENERGÍAS RENOVABLES   (Mexico)

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EID: 77957739059     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.82.127301     Document Type: Article

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