Awaveguide-coupled on-chip single-photon source

Physical Review X

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-7

  Laucht, A ^a,b   Putz S ^a   Gunthner T ^a,c   Hauke, N ^a   Saive, R ^a   Frederick S ^a,d   Bichler, M ^a   Amann, M C ^a   Holleitner, A W ^a   Kaniber, M ^a   Finley, J J ^a  

^a WALTER SCHOTTKY INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^d NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION MEASUREMENT; COUPLING EFFICIENCY; EMISSION RATES; GAAS; INGAAS QUANTUM DOTS; ON CHIPS; OPTICAL MODES; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL WAVEGUIDE; SELF-ASSEMBLED; SINGLE MODE; SINGLE PHOTON GENERATION; SINGLE-PHOTON SOURCE; TIME-RESOLVED PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; WAVEGUIDE MODE;

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; WAVEGUIDES;

PARTICLE BEAMS;

EID: 84863191872     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21603308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevX.2.011014     Document Type: Article

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