Highly indistinguishable photons from deterministic quantum-dot microlenses utilizing three-dimensional in situ electron-beam lithography

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Gschrey, M ^a   Thoma, A ^a   Schnauber, P ^a   Seifried, M ^a   Schmidt, R ^a   Wohlfeil, B ^b   Kruger L ^a   Schulze, J H ^a   Heindel, T ^a   Burger, S ^b   Schmidt, F ^b   Strittmatter, A ^a   Rodt, S ^a   Reitzenstein, S ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b ZUSE INSTITUTE BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUANTUM DOT;

ELECTRON; PHOTON FLUX DENSITY; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SATURATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ARTICLE; IMAGING; PHOTON; SITU THREE DIMENSIONAL ELECTRON BEAM LITHOGRAPHY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84937574558     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8662     Document Type: Article

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