Generation of photon number states on demand

Journal of Modern Optics

Volumn 50, Issue 6-7, 2003, Pages 1103-1113

  Brattke, S ^a   Guthohrlein G R ^a   Keller, M ^a   Lange, W ^a   Varcoe, B ^a   Walther, Herbert ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COULOMB BLOCKADE; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ELECTRODYNAMICS; ELECTRONIC DENSITY OF STATES; FLUORESCENCE; GROUND STATE; INFORMATION THEORY; PHOTONS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; PROBABILITY; QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY;

OPTICAL CAVITIES; PHOTON NUMBER STATES;

QUANTUM OPTICS;

EID: 0942301961     PISSN: 09500340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0950034031000064889     Document Type: Conference Paper

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