Experimental realization of an optical antenna designed for collecting 99% of photons from a quantum emitter

Optica

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 203-208

  Chu, X L ^a,b   Brenner, T J K ^a,c   Chen, X W ^a,b   Ghosh, Y ^d   Hollingsworth, J A ^d   Sandoghdar, V ^a,b   Gotzinger S ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nanophotonics and photonic crystals; Photon counting; Quantum optics; Thin films

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; COLOR CENTERS; EFFICIENCY; LIGHT; LIGHT SOURCES; METAL IONS; NANOPHOTONICS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; PARTICLE BEAMS; QUANTUM OPTICS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SHOT NOISE; THIN FILMS;

COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENT DETECTION; EXPERIMENTAL REALIZATIONS; FABRICATION AND CHARACTERIZATIONS; PHOTON COUNTING; QUANTUM-INFORMATION PROCESSING; SINGLE QUANTUM EMITTER; SINGLE-PHOTON SOURCE;

PHOTONS;

EID: 84922627055     PISSN: 23342536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPTICA.1.000203     Document Type: Article

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