G S Buller and R J Collins 2010 Meas. Sci. Technol. 21 012002 doi:10.1088/0957-0233/21/1/012002
G S Buller and R J Collins
Show affiliationsThe detection and generation of single photons has seen an upsurge in interest in recent years as new scientific fields of research, for example quantum information processing, have been established. This review serves to provide an overview of progress in these areas, describing some of the main candidates for single-photon components for use in emerging fields of research.
Issue 1 (January 2010)
Received 13 July 2009, in final form 21 September 2009
Published 6 November 2009
G S Buller and R J Collins 2010 Meas. Sci. Technol. 21 012002
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