Influence of exciton dynamics on the interference of two photons from a microcavity single-photon source

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 7772-7778

  Bennett, A I ^a   Unitt, D C ^a,b   Shields, A J ^a   Atkinson, P ^b   Ritchie, D A ^b  

^a TOSHIBA CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE INTERFERENCE; PHOTONS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EXCITON DYNAMICS; QUANTUM DOT MICROCAVITY;

EXCITONS;

EID: 30344487595     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.007772     Document Type: Article

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