Solid-state physics - A polariton laser

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作者
Butov, Leonid V. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Calif San Diego, Dept Phys, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA
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10.1038/447540a
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Polaritons — particles comprising both light and matter — can form a coherent state, just as light and matter can individually. This fact has now been exploited to make the first room-temperature polariton laser.
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