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Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics

Single photon quantum cryptography and devices

Andrew J. Shields

Published Jan 1, 2004• 0 citations
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Abstract

A natural strategy for realizing practical single-photon devices is to adapt current semiconductor light emitters and detectors. I discuss progress towards a single-photon technology based upon integrating self-organised quantum dots into conventional optoelectronic devices.
DOI
10.1364/iqec.2004.iwe3

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