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Pinning and Depinning of the Polarization of Exciton-Polariton Condensates at Room Temperature

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Two-dimensional (2D) materials are atomically thin crystals with exceptional mechanical, electrical and optical properties. Their unique characteristics originating from quantum confinement in the vertical dimension have attracted a strong interest for sci ...

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On the Response Speed of Narrowband Organic Optical Upconversion Devices

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Low-Loss Anisotropic Image Polaritons in van der Waals Crystal alpha-MoO3

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