Dynamic exciton-polariton macroscopic coherent phases in a tunable dot lattice

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 86, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Cerda Méndez, Edgar A ^a   Krizhanovskii, Dmitry N ^b   Biermann, Klaus ^a   Hey, Rudolf ^a   Skolnick, Maurice S ^b   Santos, Paulo V ^a  

^a PAUL DRUDE INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERELEKTRONIK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84866856694     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.86.100301     Document Type: Article

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