Subnanosecond spectral diffusion measurement using photon correlation

Nature Photonics

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 696-699

  Sallen, G ^a   Tribu, A ^b   Aichele, T ^a,c   Andre R ^a   Besombes, L ^a   Bougerol, C ^a   Richard, M ^a   Tatarenko, S ^a   Kheng, K ^b   Poizat, J Ph ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE CRISTALLOGRAPHIE   (France)

^b CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSS CORRELATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; LOCAL INFORMATION; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PHOTON CORRELATION; QUANTITATIVE VALUES; SPECTRAL BROADENING; SPECTRAL DIFFUSION;

LIGHT EMISSION; QUANTUM OPTICS;

DIFFUSION;

EID: 77957571294     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2010.174     Document Type: Article

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