A novel class of coherent light emitters: Polariton lasers

Semiconductor Science and Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Butté, Raphaël ^a   Grandjean, Nicolas ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDGE EMITTING LASERS; III-NITRIDES; LIGHT EMITTING DEVICES; MULTIPLE QUANTUM WELLS; OPTICALLY PUMPED; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; PHOTON EMISSION PROCESS; POLARITON LASER; POLARITONS; PRACTICAL REALIZATIONS; QUASIPARTICLES; RADIATIVE DECAY; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STATE OF THE ART; VERTICAL-CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER; WIDE-BAND-GAP SEMICONDUCTOR;

COHERENT LIGHT; CURRENT DENSITY; GALLIUM ALLOYS; GALLIUM NITRIDE; LIGHT EMISSION; OPTICALLY PUMPED LASERS; PHONONS; PHOTONS; QUANTUM THEORY; QUANTUM WELL LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SOLIDS;

PUMPING (LASER);

EID: 79551710245     PISSN: 02681242     EISSN: 13616641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0268-1242/26/1/014030     Document Type: Article

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