Observation of superfluorescence from a quantum ensemble of coherent excitons in a ZnTe crystal: Evidence for spontaneous Bose-Einstein condensation of excitons

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 84, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Dai, D C ^a   Monkman, A P ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 80053588731     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.84.115206     Document Type: Article

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