Quantum efficiency of single-photon sources in the cavity-QED strong-coupling regime

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 24, 2005, Pages 9660-9665

  Cui, Guoqiang ^a   Raymer, M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ELECTRODYNAMICS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

PHOTON EMISSION RATE; QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS (QED); WEISSKOPF-WIGNER APPROXIMATION;

PHOTONS;

EID: 28044437727     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.009660     Document Type: Article

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