Single-photon sources

Contemporary Physics

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 173-206

  Oxborrow, Mark ^a   Sinclair, Alastair G ^a  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 18744384655     PISSN: 00107514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00107510512331337936     Document Type: Article

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