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arXiv:1607.05977 · Nature Nanotechnology

A solid-state single-photon filter

Lorenzo De Santis, C. Antón, B. Reznychenko, Niccolò Somaschi, G. Coppola, Jean Sénellart, Carmen Gómez, Aristide Lemaître, Isabelle Sagnes, Andrew G. White, L. Lanco, Alexia Auffèves, P. Senellart

Published May 15, 2017• 105 citations
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10.1038/nnano.2017.85

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