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arXiv:1009.3876 · Nature Photonics

A planar dielectric antenna for directional single-photon emission and near-unity collection efficiency

K. G. Lee, Xuewen Chen, Hadi Eghlidi, Philipp Kukura, R. Lettow, Alois Renn, Vahid Sandoghdar, Stephan Götzinger

Published Jan 30, 2011• 312 citations
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10.1038/nphoton.2010.312

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