Triggered source of single photons based on controlled single molecule fluorescence

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 83, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 2722-2725

  Brunel, Christian ^a   Lounis, Brahim ^a   Tamarat, Philippe ^a   Orrit, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

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EID: 0001063880     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.2722     Document Type: Article

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