Third-order antibunching from an imperfect single-photon source

Optics Express

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 3244-3260

  Stevens, Martin J ^a   Glancy, Scott ^a   Nam, Sae Woo ^a   Mirin, Richard P ^a  

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

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EID: 84893915586     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.22.003244     Document Type: Article

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