Fluorescence photon measurements from single quantum dots on an optical nanofiber

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 2932-2941

  Ramachandrarao, Yalla ^a   Nayak, K P ^a   Hakuta, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; LASER EXCITATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHOTONS;

COUPLING EFFICIENCY; EXCITATION LASERS; GUIDED MODES; PHOTON CORRELATION; PHOTON EMISSIONS; PHOTON MEASUREMENTS; PHOTON NUMBERS; SINGLE QUANTUM DOT;

NANOFIBERS;

QUANTUM DOT;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PHOTOMETRY; PHOTON; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; LIGHT; OPTICAL DEVICES; PHOTOMETRY; PHOTONS; QUANTUM DOTS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 84856503548     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.002932     Document Type: Article

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