UID:
almahu_9949697900202882
Format:
1 online resource (248 p.)
ISBN:
1-281-00831-1
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9786611008314
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1-4237-1815-1
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0-08-048137-X
Series Statement:
Thin films and nanostructures, v. 32
Content:
Volume 32 of the series addresses one of the most rapidly developing research fields in physics: microcavities. Microcavities form a base for fabrication of opto-electronic devices of XXI century, in particular polariton lasers based on a new physical principle with respect to conventional lasers proposed by Einstein in 1917. This book overviews a theory of all major phenomena linked microcavities and exciton-polaritons and is oriented to the reader having no background in solid state theory as well as to the advanced readers interested in theory of exciton-polaritons in microcavities. All maj
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Cover; Contents; Authors of this book; Preface; Introduction; Frequently Asked Questions; Linear Properties of Microcavities; Chapter 1. Dispersion of Cavity Polaritons; Reflection and Transmission of Light by Quantum Wells Containing Excitons; Reflectivity of Bragg Mirrors; Dispersion of Exciton-Polaritons in Microcavities Containing Single Quantum Wells; References; Chapter 2. Examples of Microcavity Systems; Multiple Quantum Wells in a Cavity; Coupled Microcavities; Bulk Microcavities; Regular Gratings of Quantum Wires and Quantum Dots in a Microcavity
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Magnetic Field Effect. Kerr and Faraday RotationReferences; Chapter 3. Disorder Effect on Cavity Polaritons; Reflection and Elastic Scattering of Light by Localised Excitons; Motional Narrowing of Cavity Polaritons; Photoluminescence and Resonant Rayleigh Scattering from Microcavities (Linear Regime); Time-Resolved Reflection of Light from Quantum Wells and Microcavities; References; Non-Linear Properties of Microcavities; Chapter 4. Photoluminescence of Strongly Coupled Microcavities; Qualitative Features; Semi-Classical Treatment of the Relaxation Kinetics of Cavity Polaritons
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Relaxation Kinetics of Cavity PolaritonConclusions; References; Chapter 5. Resonant Excitation Case and Parametric Amplification; Experimental Aspects; Theoretical Approach: Semi-Classical Model; Theoretical Approach: Quantum Model; References; Chapter 6. Toward Polariton Bose Condensation and Polariton Lasers; Eighty Years of Research on BEC; Thermodynamic Properties of Cavity Polariton Systems; Relaxation Kinetics of Cavity Polaritons: Towards Polariton Lasing; Spin Dynamics of Exciton-Polaritons in Microcavities; Conclusive Remarks; References
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Appendix: Transfer Matrix Method for a Light Wave Propagating in a Planar StructureBasis of Tangential Components of Electric and Magnetic Fields; Basis of Amplitudes of Light Waves Propagating Towards z=+ and z=-; Photonic Bands of 1D Periodic Structures; Reference; Subject Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-12-533032-4
Language:
English
