Optical properties of a vibrationally modulated solid state Mott insulator

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Kaiser, S ^a   Clark, S R ^b,c   Nicoletti, D ^a   Cotugno, G ^a,c   Tobey, R I ^c   Dean, N ^c   Lupi, S ^d   Okamoto, H ^f   Hasegawa, T ^e   Jaksch, D ^b,c   Cavalleri, A ^a,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS OF MATTER   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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EID: 84893147589     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep03823     Document Type: Article

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