Vectorial polariton solitons in semiconductor microcavities

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 21219-21224

  Zhang, W L ^a   Yu, S F ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROCAVITIES; PHONONS; PHOTONS; POLARIZATION; QUANTUM THEORY; SEMICONDUCTOR COUNTERS;

BISTABLES; DARK SOLITONS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; POLARITONS; POLARIZATION DEGREE; POLARIZATION DIRECTION; SEMICONDUCTOR MICROCAVITIES;

SOLITONS;

EID: 77957973931     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.021219     Document Type: Article

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