Semiconductor sources of single or twin photons for quantum information;Sources semiconductrices de photons uniques ou de photons jumeaux pour l'information quantique

Comptes Rendus Physique

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 701-713

  Berger, Vincent ^a,b   Gérard, Jean Michel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^b THALES RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY   (France)

^c CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

Author keywords

Modal phase matching; Parametric fluorescence; Purcell effect; Quantum dot; Quantum information; Single photon source; Twin photons source

Indexed keywords

EID: 10744232846     PISSN: 16310705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1631-0705(03)00109-9     Document Type: Short Survey

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