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Nature

Continuous generation of single photons with controlled waveform in an ion-trap cavity system

Matthias Keller, Birgit Lange, Kazuhiro Hayasaka, Wolfgang Lange, HERBERT WALTHER

Published Oct 1, 2004• 636 citations
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10.1038/nature02961

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