Strong light-matter interaction in ZnO microcavities

Light: Science and Applications

Volumn 2, Issue JUNE, 2013, Pages

  Lai, Ying Yu ^a   Lan, Yu Pin ^a   Lu, Tien Chang ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Microcavity; Polariton; Strong coupling; ZnO

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886300214     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20477538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/lsa.2013.32     Document Type: Review

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