Spin-Orbit coupling for photons and polaritons in microstructures

Physical Review X

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Sala, V G ^a,b   Solnyshkov, D D ^c   Carusotto, I ^d   Jacqmin, T ^a,b   Lemaitre A ^a   Tercas H ^c   Nalitov, A ^c   Abbarchi, M ^a,e,f   Galopin, E ^a   Sagnes, I ^a   Bloch, J ^a   Malpuech, G ^c   Amo, A ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE KASTLER BROSSEL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^e SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^f AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Condensed matter physics; Photonics; Semiconductor physics

Indexed keywords

CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS; MICROSTRUCTURE; PHONONS; PHOTONICS; POLARIZATION; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM THEORY;

PHOTONIC MOLECULES; POLARIZATION PATTERNS; QUANTUM SIMULATIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR MICROCAVITIES; SEMICONDUCTOR PHYSICS; SPIN-ORBIT COUPLINGS; SPIN-ORBIT EFFECTS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL LATTICES;

PHOTONS;

EID: 84961289966     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21603308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevX.5.011034     Document Type: Article

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