Ultrabright and efficient single-photon generation based on nitrogen-vacancy centres in nanodiamonds on a solid immersion lens

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 13, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Schröder, Tim ^a   Gädeke, Friedemann ^a   Banholzer, Moritz Julian ^a   Benson, Oliver ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; CONTINUOUS WAVE; COUNT RATES; DEFECT CENTRES; ESSENTIAL COMPONENT; EXPERIMENTAL SETUP; FLAT SURFACES; HIGH EFFICIENCY; HIGH RATE; NANO-DIAMONDS; OPTICAL QUANTUM COMPUTING; PHOTON FLUX; QUANTUM APPLICATIONS; QUANTUM INFORMATION STORAGE; QUANTUM INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES; SINGLE PHOTON GENERATION; SINGLE PHOTONS; SINGLE-PHOTON SOURCE; SOLID IMMERSION LENS; TIME INTERVAL; UNDER PULSED EXCITATIONS;

COLOR; COLOR CENTERS; DEFECTS; DIAMONDS; EFFICIENCY; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE SOURCES; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; LENSES; OPTICAL DATA STORAGE; PARTICLE BEAMS; QUANTUM COMPUTERS; QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY; QUANTUM OPTICS;

PHOTONS;

EID: 79958792125     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/13/5/055017     Document Type: Article

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