Stimulated spin dynamics of polaritons in semiconductor microcavities
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P. G. Lagoudakis, P. G. Savvidis, J. J. Baumberg, D. M. Whittaker, P. R. Eastham, M. S. Skolnick, and J. S. Roberts Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom Department of Physics, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S3 7RH, United Kingdom Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S1 3JD, United Kingdom ~Received 25 February 2002; published 19 April 2002!
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