Recent advances on single photon sources based on single colloidal nanocrystals

Opto-Electronics Review

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-9

  de Vittorio, M ^a   Pisanello, F ^a,b   Martiradonna, L ^a   Qualtieri, A ^a   Stomeo, T ^a   Bramati, A ^b   Cingolani, R ^a  

^a NATIONAL NANOTECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (Italy)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Colloidal nanocrystals; Emission efficiency; Microcavity optical modes; Quantum dots

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE SOURCES; GRAPHENE QUANTUM DOTS; LIGHT EMISSION; MICROCAVITIES; NANOCRYSTALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTONS;

COLLOIDAL NANOCRYSTALS; COLLOIDAL QUANTUM DOTS; EMISSION EFFICIENCIES; LIGHT EMITTING DEVICES; OPTICAL MODES; POLARIZATION CONTROL; SINGLE NANOCRYSTALS; SINGLE-PHOTON SOURCE;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 70749162098     PISSN: 12303402     EISSN: 18963757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11772-009-0026-7     Document Type: Article

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