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Physics and applications of exciton–polariton lasers

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Although exciton–polariton lasers have been experimentally demonstrated in a variety of material systems, robust practical implementations are still challenging. Similarities with atomic Bose–Einstein condensates make the system suitable for chip-based quantum simulators for non-trivial many-body physics.

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Figure 1: Exciton–polariton laser based on a semiconductor planar microcavity.
Figure 2: Berezinskii–Kosterlitz–Thouless transition in an exciton–polariton gas.
Figure 3: Approach to excitation and braiding anyons in an exciton–polariton FQH state.

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  1. Michael D. Fraser is at the Center for Emergent Matter Science, Riken, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan,

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  2. Sven Höfling is at the University of Würzburg, Am Hubland, Würzburg 97074, Germany, and SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, St Andrews KY16 9SS, UK,

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  3. Yoshihisa Yamamoto is at the E. L. Ginzton Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA,

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Fraser, M., Höfling, S. & Yamamoto, Y. Physics and applications of exciton–polariton lasers. Nature Mater 15, 1049–1052 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat4762

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