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EXCITON–POLARITONS

Large excitons in light-dress

Nature Materials volume 21, pages 736–737 (2022)Cite this article

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Giant exciton–polaritons come to the scene from a thin Cu2O crystal sandwiched by a microcavity. Their anticipated strong interactions may facilitate the development of a promising Rydberg solid-state platform for quantum technologies.

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Fig. 1: Rydberg exciton–polaritons.

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  1. Institute for Quantum Computing, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

    HeeBong Yang & Na Young Kim

  2. Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

    HeeBong Yang & Na Young Kim

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    Na Young Kim

  5. Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

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Yang, H., Kim, N.Y. Large excitons in light-dress. Nat. Mater. 21, 736–737 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-022-01271-9

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