Single-photon generation from stored excitation in an atomic ensemble

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 21, 2004, Pages

  Chou, C W ^a   Polyakov, S V ^a   Kuzmich, A ^a,b   Kimble, H J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; CESIUM; GROUND STATE; LASER BEAMS; MAGNETOOPTICAL EFFECTS; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; PHOTOELECTRIC DEVICES; PROBABILITY; QUANTUM THEORY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CONDITIONAL MEASUREMENTS; MICROCAVITIES; QUANTUM COMPUTATION; SINGLE PHOTONS;

PHOTONS;

EID: 3142518035     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.213601     Document Type: Article

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