Crossover from photon to exciton-polariton lasing

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 14, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Kammann, Elena ^a   Ohadi, Hamid ^a   Maragkou, Maria ^a   Kavokin, Alexey V ^a   Lagoudakis, Pavlos G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER DISTRIBUTIONS; CONTINUOUS WAVE; EFFECTIVE TEMPERATURE; EXCITATION PULSE; EXCITON-POLARITON; HIGH-POWER; PHOTON LASERS; POLARITON LASER; REAL-TIME OBSERVATION; SEMICONDUCTOR MICROCAVITIES;

BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATION; EXCITONS; LASER EXCITATION; PHONONS; QUANTUM THEORY;

PHOTONS;

EID: 84868031065     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/14/10/105003     Document Type: Article

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