Strongly coupled slow-light polaritons in one-dimensional disordered localized states

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Gao, Jie ^a,f   Combrie, Sylvain ^b   Liang, Baolai ^c   Schmitteckert, Peter ^d   Lehoucq, Gaelle ^b   Xavier, Stephane ^b   Xu, Xinan ^a   Busch, Kurt ^e   Huffaker, Diana L ^c   De Rossi, Alfredo ^b   Wong, Chee Wei ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b THALES RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f Architectural and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

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EID: 84879634242     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep01994     Document Type: Article

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