Observation of bright polariton solitons in a semiconductor microcavity

Nature Photonics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 50-55

  Sich, M ^a   Krizhanovskii, D N ^a   Skolnick, M S ^a   Gorbach, A V ^b   Hartley, R ^b   Skryabin, D V ^b   Cerda Mendez E A ^c   Biermann, K ^c   Hey, R ^c   Santos, P V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^c PAUL DRUDE INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERELEKTRONIK   (Germany)

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EID: 84255173965     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2011.267     Document Type: Article

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