Physical Review Letters · 1976 · 101 citations · 7 references
Natural SciencesMaterials ScienceOpticsPhotonicsSemiconductor MaterialsOptical Properties Of SemiconductorsOptical Properties Of SolidsOxide SemiconductorsSemiconductor SurfacesSurface PhysicsAttenuated Total ReflectanceDispersion Relation AnalysisExciton-polariton PhysicsExciton-polaritonsExcitonsPolariton PhysicsTotal Internal Reflection
Surface exciton polaritons are observed in a semiconductor for the first time. The modes are excited in ZnO crystals by the method of attenuated total reflection. Changing the angle of incidence of the ultraviolet radiation gives an experimental dispersion relation for surface exciton polaritons.
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The exciton spectrum of zinc oxide
D. G. Thomas · Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids · 1960 · 793 citations