What are single photons good for?

Journal of Modern Optics

Volumn 59, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 1458-1464

  Sangouard, Nicolas ^a   Zbinden, Hugo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

QKD; quantum optics (inc. quantum information); single photons

Indexed keywords

ELEMENTARY PARTICLE SOURCES; PARTICLE BEAMS; QUANTUM COMMUNICATION; QUANTUM OPTICS;

NARROW BANDS; POINT TO POINT; QKD; QUANTUM INFORMATION; QUANTUM TECHNOLOGIES; SINGLE PHOTONS; SINGLE-PHOTON SOURCE;

PHOTONS;

EID: 84870244987     PISSN: 09500340     EISSN: 13623044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500340.2012.687500     Document Type: Conference Paper

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