Room-temperature single photon sources with definite circular and linear polarizations

Optics and Spectroscopy (English translation of Optika i Spektroskopiya)

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 417-424

  Lukishova, S G ^a   Bissell, L J ^a   Stroud Jr , C R ^a   Boyd, R W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTI-BUNCHING; BAND EDGE; CIRCULAR POLARIZATION STATE; COLLOIDAL SEMICONDUCTORS; FLUORESCENCE MAXIMA; LINEAR POLARIZATION; NEMATIC LIQUIDS; PHOTONIC BAND-GAP STRUCTURES; PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION; QUANTUM DOT; QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SINGLE DYE MOLECULES; SINGLE EMITTER; SINGLE PHOTONS; SINGLE-PHOTON SOURCE; SPECTRAL POSITION;

CIRCULAR POLARIZATION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE SOURCES; ENERGY GAP; FLUORESCENCE; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUIDS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTONICS; PHOTONS; POLARIZATION; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION;

QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY;

EID: 77951062462     PISSN: 0030400X     EISSN: 15626911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S0030400X10030161     Document Type: Article

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