Excitonpolariton lightsemiconductor coupling effects

Nature Photonics

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 275-282

  Gibbs, H M ^a   Khitrova, G ^a   Koch, S W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 79955575113     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2011.15     Document Type: Review

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