All-optical control of the quantum flow of a polariton condensate

Nature Photonics

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 610-614

  Sanvitto, D ^a   Pigeon, S ^b   Amo, A ^c,d   Ballarini, D ^e   De Giorgi, M ^a   Carusotto, I ^f   Hivet, R ^c   Pisanello, F ^c   Sala, V G ^c   Guimaraes, P S S ^g   Houdre R ^h   Giacobino, E ^c   Ciuti, C ^b   Bramati, A ^c   Gigli, G ^a,e,i  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE KASTLER BROSSEL   (France)

^d UNIV PARIS SUD   (France)

^e ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^g FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^h Faculte des Sciences de Base   (Switzerland)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

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EID: 80053569760     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2011.211     Document Type: Article

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