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A highly efficient monomode single photon source in the photonic wire geometry

Julien Claudon, Joël Bleuse, Maela Bazin, Nitin S. Malik, P. Jaffrennou, Jean‐Michel Gérard, Christophe Sauvan, Jean‐Paul Hugonin, Philippe Lalanne, Niels Gregersen, Jesper Mørk

Published Sep 7, 2009• 0 citations
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