Large suppression of quantum fluctuations of light from a single emitter by an optical nanostructure

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 113, Issue 26, 2014, Pages

  Martín Cano, Diego ^a,c   Haakh, Harald R ^a   Murr, Karim ^b,c,d,e   Agio, Mario ^b,c,d  

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

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OTTICA   (Italy)

^c INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI ARCETRI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HYBRID SYSTEMS; NANOSTRUCTURES; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; SHOT NOISE;

DEGREE OF CONTROL; OPTICAL NANOSTRUCTURES; PHYSICAL CONDITIONS; QUANTUM FLUCTUATION; RESONANCE FLUORESCENCES; SHOT-NOISE LEVEL; SINGLE EMITTER; STATE OF THE ART;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 84937680097     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.263605     Document Type: Article

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