Modeling and design of high-efficiency single-photon sources

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Gregersen, Niels ^a   Kaer, Per ^a   Mork, Jesper ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Light emitting diode; microcavity; photonic nanowire; single photon source (SPS)

Indexed keywords

CAVITY QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS; ELECTRIC FIELD SCREENING; LIGHT-EMISSION PROFILES; NUMERICAL TECHNIQUES; PHOTONIC NANOWIRES; QUANTUM INFORMATION APPLICATIONS; SINGLE-PHOTON SOURCE; SOLID-STATE SOURCES;

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE SOURCES; LIGHT; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; MICROCAVITIES; NANOWIRES; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTONS; QUANTUM OPTICS; QUANTUM THEORY;

DESIGN;

EID: 84878491211     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2013.2255265     Document Type: Article

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