Polariton-mediated energy transfer between organic dyes in a strongly coupled optical microcavity

Nature Materials

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 712-719

  Coles, David M ^a,g   Somaschi, Niccolo ^b,c   Michetti, Paolo ^d   Clark, Caspar ^e   Lagoudakis, Pavlos G ^b   Savvidis, Pavlos G ^c,f   Lidzey, David G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND LASER   (Greece)

^d DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e Helia Photonics Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT TESTING; EXCITONS; MICROCAVITIES; OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; PHONONS; QUANTUM THEORY;

ELECTRONIC TRANSITION; EXCITON STATE; LIGHT-HARVESTING COMPLEX; LIGHT-MATTER COUPLING; OPTICAL MICROCAVITIES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE EMISSION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE EXCITATION SPECTROSCOPY; STRONG COUPLING;

PHOTONS;

EID: 84903216659     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat3950     Document Type: Article

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