Biphoton interference with a quantum dot entangled light source

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 6507-6512

  Stevenson, R M ^a   Hudson, A J ^a,b   Young, R J ^a   Atkinson, P ^b   Cooper, K ^b   Ritchie, D A ^b   Shields, A J ^a  

^a TOSHIBA CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT SOURCES; PHOTONS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

PUMP LASERS; QUANTUM INTERFEROMETRY; SEQUENTIAL SINGLE PHOTONS; SINGLE PHOTONS;

WAVE INTERFERENCE;

EID: 34248567871     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.006507     Document Type: Article

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