Single-photon generation and detection

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Buller, G S ^a   Collins, R J ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Single photon detection; Single photon sources

Indexed keywords

PHOTONS; QUANTUM OPTICS;

QUANTUM-INFORMATION PROCESSING; SCIENTIFIC FIELDS; SINGLE PHOTON DETECTION; SINGLE PHOTON GENERATION; SINGLE PHOTONS; SINGLE-PHOTON SOURCE;

PARTICLE BEAMS;

EID: 70450208777     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/21/1/012002     Document Type: Review

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