Room temperature triggered single-photon source in the near infrared

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 9, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Wu, E ^a,b   Rabeau, J R ^c   Roger, G ^d   Treussart, F ^a   Zeng, H ^b   Grangier, P ^d   Prawer, S ^e   Roch, J F ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE PHOTONIQUE QUANTIQUE ET MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIV PARIS SUD   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; NANOCRYSTALS; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE;

CONTINUOUS WAVES; NARROW EMISSIONS; PULSED EXCITATIONS; QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION; SOLID-STATE TRIGGERED SINGLE-PHOTON SOURCES;

PHOTONS;

EID: 36949032093     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/9/12/434     Document Type: Article

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