A highly efficient single-photon source based on a quantum dot in a photonic nanowire

Nature Photonics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 174-177

  Claudon, Julien ^a   Bleuse, Joël ^a   Malik, Nitin Singh ^a   Bazin, Maela ^a   Jaffrennou, Périne ^a   Gregersen, Niels ^b   Sauvan, Christophe ^c   Lalanne, Philippe ^c   Gérard, Jean Michel ^a  

^a CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIV PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVITY QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS; ENTANGLED PHOTON PAIRS; EXTRACTION EFFICIENCIES; OPTICAL QUANTUM-INFORMATION PROCESSING; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION; SINGLE-PHOTON EMITTERS; SINGLE-PHOTON SOURCE; SOLID-STATE SOURCES;

COLOR CENTERS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE SOURCES; EMISSION CONTROL; NANOWIRES; OPTICAL PUMPING; PHOTONS; QUANTUM COMMUNICATION; QUANTUM OPTICS; QUANTUM THEORY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

PARTICLE BEAMS;

EID: 77950484006     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2009.287     Document Type: Article

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