Driving the Bloch vector of a single molecule: Towards a triggered single photon source;Manipulation du vecteur de Bloch d'une molecule unique: Vers une source declenchee de photons uniques

Comptes Rendus de l'Academie de Sciences - Serie IIb: Mecanique, Physique, Chimie, Astronomie

Volumn 326, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 911-918

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

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Antibunching; Rapid adiabatic passage; Single molecule; Single photon

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; LIGHT; MOLECULE; PHOTON; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SIMULATION;

EID: 0032317271     PISSN: 12874620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1251-8069(99)80048-9     Document Type: Article

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