All-optical polariton transistor

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Ballarini, D ^a,b   De Giorgi, M ^a,b   Cancellieri, E ^c,d   Houdre R ^e   Giacobino, E ^d   Cingolani, R ^a   Bramati, A ^d   Gigli, G ^a,b,f   Sanvitto, D ^a,b  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d LABORATOIRE KASTLER BROSSEL   (France)

^e Faculte des Sciences de Base   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; CONNECTIVITY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT; OPTICAL METHOD; POLARIZATION;

ARTICLE; ELECTRONICS; SEMICONDUCTOR;

EID: 84877769382     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2734     Document Type: Article

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