Three-dimensional quantum photonic elements based on single nitrogen vacancy-centres in laser-written microstructures

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Schell, Andreas W ^a   Kaschke, Johannes ^b   Fischer, Joachim ^b   Henze, Rico ^a   Wolters, Janik ^a   Wegener, Martin ^b   Benson, Oliver ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOPARTICLE; NITROGEN;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; LASER; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR IMPRINTING; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHOTON; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADSORPTION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LASERS; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR IMPRINTING; NANOPARTICLES; NITROGEN; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHOTONS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 84876540273     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep01577     Document Type: Article

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