Single-photon sources

Reports on Progress in Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1129-1179

  Lounis, Brahim ^a   Orrit, Michel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 28044471031     PISSN: 00344885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0034-4885/68/5/R04     Document Type: Article

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