Quantum light signatures and nanosecond spectral diffusion from cavity-embedded carbon nanotubes

Nano Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1934-1941

  Walden Newman, William ^a   Sarpkaya, Ibrahim ^a   Strauf, Stefan ^a  

^a Stevens Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

blinking; cavity; photon antibunching; polystyrene; single photon source; Single walled carbon nanotubes; spectral diffusion

Indexed keywords

BLINKING; CAVITY; PHOTON ANTIBUNCHING; SINGLE-PHOTON SOURCE; SPECTRAL DIFFUSION;

ELEMENTARY PARTICLE SOURCES; LIGHT; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PARTICLE BEAMS; POLYSTYRENES; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

DIFFUSION;

EID: 84859728946     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl204402v     Document Type: Article

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