| Literature DB >> 11125136 |
P Michler1, A Kiraz, C Becher, W V Schoenfeld, P M Petroff, L Zhang, E Hu, A Imamoglu.
Abstract
Quantum communication relies on the availability of light pulses with strong quantum correlations among photons. An example of such an optical source is a single-photon pulse with a vanishing probability for detecting two or more photons. Using pulsed laser excitation of a single quantum dot, a single-photon turnstile device that generates a train of single-photon pulses was demonstrated. For a spectrally isolated quantum dot, nearly 100% of the excitation pulses lead to emission of a single photon, yielding an ideal single-photon source.Year: 2000 PMID: 11125136 DOI: 10.1126/science.290.5500.2282
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN: 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728