Polariton Bose-Einstein condensate at room temperature in an Al(Ga)N nanowire-dielectric microcavity with a spatial potential trap

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2735-2740

  Das, Ayan ^a   Bhattacharya, Pallab ^a   Heo, Junseok ^a   Banerjee, Animesh ^a   Guo, Wei ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b University of Michigan Dearborn   (United States)

Author keywords

Bose Einstein condensation; Exciton polariton

Indexed keywords

NANOWIRE;

ARTICLE; BOSE EINSTEIN CONDENSATE; BOSON; COOLING; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EXCITATION; FIELD EMISSION; PHOTON; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84874255759     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1210842110     Document Type: Article

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