Solid-state single photon sources: The nanowire antenna

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 2095-2110

  Friedler, I ^a   Sauvan, C ^a   Hugonin, J P ^a   Lalanne, P ^a   Claudon, J ^b   Gerard J M ^b  

^a UNIV PARIS SUD   (France)

^b CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; EFFICIENCY; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE SOURCES; FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT; NANOANTENNAS; NANOWIRES; PHOTONS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

DIELECTRIC MIRRORS; EMITTED PHOTONS; EXTRACTION EFFICIENCIES; FABRY-PEROT MODELS; FAR-FIELD RADIATION; FREQUENCY-SELECTIVE; NUMERICAL APERTURE; SINGLE-PHOTON SOURCE;

PARTICLE BEAMS;

NANOMATERIAL; QUANTUM DOT;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; REFRACTOMETRY; SEMICONDUCTOR;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LASERS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; QUANTUM DOTS; REFRACTOMETRY; SEMICONDUCTORS;

EID: 60649088935     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.002095     Document Type: Article

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