Spectroscopic detection and state preparation of a single praseodymium ion in a crystal

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Utikal, T ^a,b   Eichhammer, E ^a,b   Petersen, L ^c,d   Renn, A ^c   Gotzinger S ^a,b   Sandoghdar, V ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE SCIENCE OF LIGHT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d OSRAM GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOCRYSTAL; PRASEODYMIUM; YTTRIUM;

CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DETECTION METHOD; ION; OPTICAL METHOD; ORTHOSILICATE; SPECTROSCOPY; YTTRIUM;

ARTICLE; FLUORESCENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LASER; MICROSCOPY; REFRACTION INDEX; SOLID STATE; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84898655770     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4627     Document Type: Article

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