Improving the performance of bright quantum dot single photon sources using temporal filtering via amplitude modulation

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Ates, Serkan ^a,b   Agha, Imad ^a,b   Gulinatti, Angelo ^c   Rech, Ivan ^c   Badolato, Antonio ^d   Srinivasan, Kartik ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

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EID: 84875141824     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep01397     Document Type: Article

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