Antibunching of microwave-frequency photons observed in correlation measurements using linear detectors

Nature Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 154-158

  Bozyigit, D ^a   Lang, C ^a   Steffen, L ^a   Fink, J M ^a   Eichler, C ^a   Baur, M ^a   Bianchetti, R ^a   Leek, P J ^a   Filipp, S ^a   Da Silva, M P ^b   Blais, A ^b   Wallraff, A ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; MICROWAVE FREQUENCIES; PHOTONS;

AMPLITUDE DETECTOR; CORRELATION MEASUREMENT; PHOTON ANTIBUNCHING; SECOND-ORDER CORRELATION FUNCTIONS; SINGLE PHOTON EMITTERS; SINGLE-PHOTON COUNTERS; SINGLE-PHOTON SOURCE; TEMPORAL CORRELATIONS;

PARTICLE BEAMS;

EID: 79551630243     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1845     Document Type: Article

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