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Nature 447, 540-541 (31 May 2007) | doi:10.1038/447540a; Published online 30 May 2007
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Solid-state physics: A polariton laser
Leonid V. Butov1
Abstract
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.
At the foundation of modern quantum physics, waves in nature were divided into electromagnetic waves, such as the photon, and matter waves, such as the electron. Both can form a coherent state in which individual waves synchronize and combine.
- Leonid V. Butov is in the Department of Physics, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California 92093-0319, USA.
Email: lvbutov@physics.ucsd.edu
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