Room temperature stable single-photon source

European Physical Journal D

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 191-196

  Beveratos, A ^a   Kuhn S ^a   Brouri, R ^a   Gacoin, T ^b   Poizat, J P ^a   Grangier, P ^a  

^a UNIV PARIS SUD   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE PHYSIQUE DE LA MATIÈRE CONDENSÉE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOR CENTERS; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTONS; PULSE REPETITION RATE; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

A-STABLE; ANTI-BUNCHING; COLOUR CENTERS; DIAMOND NANOCRYSTALS; NITROGEN VACANCIES; PULSED EXCITATION; SINGLE PHOTONS; SINGLE-PHOTON PULSE; SINGLE-PHOTON SOURCE; TEMPERATURE STABLE;

FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 0001003609     PISSN: 14346060     EISSN: 14346079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e20020023     Document Type: Conference Paper

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