A planar dielectric antenna for directional single-photon emission and near-unity collection efficiency

Nature Photonics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 166-169

  Lee, K G ^a   Chen, X W ^a   Eghlidi, H ^a   Kukura, P ^a   Lettow, R ^a   Renn, A ^a   Sandoghdar, V ^a   Gotzinger S ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 79952192666     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2010.312     Document Type: Review

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