One-dimensional polaritons with size-tunable and enhanced coupling strengths in semiconductor nanowires

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 25, 2011, Pages 10050-10055

  Van Vugt, Lambert K ^a   Piccione, Brian ^a   Cho, Chang Hee ^a   Nukala, Pavan ^a   Agarwal, Ritesh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cadmium sulfide; Cavity; Waveguide

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; NANOWIRE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC PARTICLE; DIFFRACTION; ELECTRON BACKSCATTER DIFFRACTION; EXCITON; LIGHT; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; POLARITON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; VACUUM;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; ELECTRONICS; LIGHT; LUMINESCENCE; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NANOWIRES; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTONS; QUANTUM DOTS; SEMICONDUCTORS; SULFIDES; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 79959947306     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1102212108     Document Type: Article

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