Resonant enhancement of the zero-phonon emission from a colour centre in a diamond cavity

Nature Photonics

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 301-305

  Faraon, Andrei ^a   Barclay, Paul E ^a,b,c   Santori, Charles ^a   Fu, Kai Mei C ^a,d   Beausoleil, Raymond G ^a  

^a HEWLETT PACKARD LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 79955611126     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2011.52     Document Type: Article

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