Realization of two Fourier-limited solid-state single-photon sources

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 15842-15847

  Lettow, R ^a   Antee, V ^a,b   Pfab, R ^a   Renn, A ^a   Ikonen, E ^b   Gotzinger S ^a   Sandoghdar, V ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; LASER SPECTROSCOPY; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PHOTONS; STARK EFFECT;

QUANTUM INTERFERENCE; SINGLE PHOTON SOURCES; SOLID-STATE SOURCES; TRANSITION FREQUENCY;

LIGHT SOURCES;

EID: 36749031654     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.015842     Document Type: Article

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