Enhanced and directional single-photon emission in hyperbolic metamaterials

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 766-775

  Newman, Ward D ^a   Cortes, Cristian L ^a   Jacob, Zubin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; METAMATERIALS;

BROAD BANDWIDTHS; BROADBAND EMITTERS; BROADBAND RESONANCES; NITROGEN-VACANCY CENTER; QUANTUM RESONANCES; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION; SINGLE-PHOTON SOURCE; TOPOLOGICAL TRANSITIONS;

PARTICLE BEAMS;

EID: 84877306149     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.30.000766     Document Type: Article

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