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Microcavity polaritons

A new type of light switch

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Microcavity polaritons can be used to create optical switches, which could serve as the basic component of optical logic circuits.

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Figure 1: Different types of transistor.
Figure 2: The cascading effect.

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  1. David Snoke is in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh, 3941 O'Hara Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA,

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Snoke, D. A new type of light switch. Nature Nanotech 8, 393–395 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2013.107

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