Characteristics of exciton-polaritons in ZnO-based hybrid microcavities

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 4101-4112

  Chen, Jun Rong ^a   Lu, Tien Chang ^a   Wu, Yung Chi ^a   Lin, Shiang Chi ^a   Hsieh, Wen Feng ^a   Wang, Shing Chung ^a   Deng, Hui ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXCITONS; MICROCAVITIES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTONS; QUANTUM THEORY; SOLIDS; VACUUM; ZINC OXIDE;

ACTIVE REGIONS; CAVITY DETUNING; DETUNINGS; EXCITON POLARITONS; HYBRID MICROCAVITY; LOW TEMPERATURES; LOWER POLARITON BRANCHES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE MEASUREMENTS; POLARITON DISPERSION; POLARITON RELAXATION; POLARITONS; PROMISING MATERIALS; RADIATIVE LIFETIME; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SCATTERING ABSORPTION; SCATTERING STATE; STRONG-COUPLING REGIME; VACUUM RABI SPLITTING; WIDE-BAND-GAP SEMICONDUCTOR; ZNO;

PHONONS;

ZINC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; MATERIALS TESTING; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY; TEMPERATURE;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MATERIALS TESTING; MINIATURIZATION; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; TEMPERATURE; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 79952125785     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.004101     Document Type: Article

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