Laser mode feeding by shaking quantum dots in a planar microcavity

Nature Photonics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 30-34

  Bruggemann C ^a   Akimov, A V ^b,c   Scherbakov, A V ^c   Bombeck, M ^a   Schneider, C ^a   Hofling S ^d   Forchel, A ^d   Yakovlev, D R ^a,c   Bayer, M ^a  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 84255212180     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2011.269     Document Type: Article

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