Electrically driven single-photon source at room temperature in diamond

Nature Photonics

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 299-303

  Mizuochi, N ^a,b   Makino, T ^b,c   Kato, H ^b,c   Takeuchi, D ^b,c   Ogura, M ^b,c   Okushi, H ^b,c   Nothaft, M ^d   Neumann, P ^d   Gali, A ^e,f   Jelezko, F ^g   Wrachtrup, J ^d   Yamasaki, S ^b,c  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^e INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^f BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

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EID: 84860519699     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2012.75     Document Type: Article

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