Single CdSe quantum dots for high-bandwidth single-photon generation

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2189-2192

  Aichele, Thomas ^a   Zwiller, Valéry ^a   Benson, Oliver ^a   Akimov, Ilya ^a   Henneberger, Fritz ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CORRELATION METHODS; PHOTONS;

PHOTON EMISSION;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 0242269472     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.20.002189     Document Type: Article

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