Single-photon generation by pulsed laser in optomechanical system via photon blockade effect

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1683-1687

  Qiu, Liu ^a   Gan, Lin ^a   Ding, Wei ^a   Li, Zhi Yuan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOTONS; PULSED LASERS; STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

BLOCKADE EFFECT; CENTRAL FREQUENCY; DRIVING PULSE; OPTO-MECHANICAL SYSTEMS; QUANTUM STATISTICS; SINGLE PHOTON GENERATION; SINGLE PHOTON STATE; SINGLE-PHOTON SOURCE;

PARTICLE BEAMS;

EID: 84878734027     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.30.001683     Document Type: Article

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