Efficient single photon detection by quantum dot resonant tunneling diodes

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2005, Pages

  Blakesley, J C ^a,b   See, P ^a   Shields, A J ^a   Kardynall B E ^a   Atkinson, P ^b   Farrer, I ^b   Ritchie, D A ^b  

^a TOSHIBA CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUANTUM DOT RESONANT TUNNELING DIODES; SENSING CURRENTS; SINGLE PHOTON DETECTION; SINGLE QUANTUM CHARGES;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; OPTICS; PARTICLE DETECTORS; QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

TUNNEL DIODES;

EID: 18144423136     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.067401     Document Type: Article

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