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Polaritons in confined systems

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Polaritons in confined systems are introduced and their dispersion is calculated. The amount of squeezing of confined excitons-polaritons in GaAs quantum wells is evaluated.

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  1. A. Quattropani

    Present address: Institut de Physique Théorique, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, PHB-Ecublens, CH-1015, Lausanne, Switzerland

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  1. Institut de Physique Théorique, EPFL, CH 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Z. Hradil, A. Quattropani & V. Savona

  2. Forum INFM, European Laboratory of Non-linear Spectroscopy (LENS), Institute of Condensed Matter Theory, I-50125, Firenze, Italy

    A. Quattropani

  3. GRD/DSA, CH 3003, Bern, Switzerland

    P. Schwendimann

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Hradil, Z., Quattropani, A., Savona, V. et al. Polaritons in confined systems. J Stat Phys 76, 299–305 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02188663

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