Observation of two-photon emission from semiconductors

Nature Photonics

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 238-241

  Hayat, Alex ^a   Ginzburg, Pavel ^a   Orenstein, Meir ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPACT SOURCES; ENTANGLED PHOTONS; OPTICALLY PUMPED; QUANTUM-INFORMATION PROCESSING; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; THREE ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; TWO-PHOTON ABSORPTIONS; TWO-PHOTON EMISSION;

ASTROPHYSICS; ATOMIC PHYSICS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; TWO PHOTON PROCESSES;

PHOTONS;

EID: 41549160671     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2008.28     Document Type: Article

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