Highly efficient triggered emission of single photons by colloidal CdSe/ZnS nanocrystals

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 712-714

  Brokmann, X ^a   Giacobino, E ^a   Dahan, M ^a   Hermier, J P ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; COLLOIDS; FLUORESCENCE; LASER PULSES; PHOTODIODES; PHOTONS; PROBABILITY;

ANTIBUNCHING; PHOTON SOURCES; PULSED EXCITATION; TRIGGERED EMISSION;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 4344586733     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1775280     Document Type: Article

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