Single quantum dots emit single photons at a time: Antibunching experiments

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 78, Issue 17, 2001, Pages 2476-2478

  Zwiller, Valéry ^a   Blom, Hans ^b   Jonsson, Per ^b   Panev, Nikolay ^a   Jeppesen, Sören ^a   Tsegaye, Tedros ^c   Goobar, Edgard ^c   Pistol, Mats Erik ^a   Samuelson, Lars ^a   Björk, Gunnar ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c Optillion AB   (Sweden)

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EID: 0035938382     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1366367     Document Type: Article

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