Photon antibunching in the fluorescence of individual color centers in diamond

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作者
Brouri, R [1 ]
Beveratos, A [1 ]
Poizat, JP [1 ]
Grangier, P [1 ]
机构
[1] CNRS, UMR 8501, Inst Opt, Lab Charles Fabry, F-91403 Orsay, France
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10.1364/OL.25.001294
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We observed photon antibunching in the fluorescent Light emitted from a single nitrogen-vacancy center in diamond at room temperature. The possibility of generating triggerable single photons with such a solid-state system is discussed. (C) 2000 Optical Society of America OCIS codes: 270.5290, 180.1790, 030.5260.
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页码:1294 / 1296
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