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2012-11-26T10:07:54Z
urn:hdl:10261/61092
Single-photon generation by electron beams
Bendaña, X. M.
Polman, Albert
García de Abajo, Francisco Javier
We propose a drastically new method for generating single photons in a deterministic way by interaction of electron beams with optical waveguides. We find a single swift electron to produce a guided photon with large probability. The change in energy and propagation direction of the electron reveals the creation of a photon, with the photon energy directly read from the energy-loss spectrum or the beam displacement. Our study demonstrates the viability of deterministically creating single guided photons using electron beams with better than picosecond time uncertainty, thus opening a new avenue for making room temperature, heralded frequency-tunable sources affordable for scientific and commercial developments. © 2010 American Chemical Society.
2012-11-26T10:07:54Z
2012-11-26T10:07:54Z
2011
2012-11-26T10:07:54Z
artículo
Nano Letters 11: 5099- 5103 (2011)
http://hdl.handle.net/10261/61092
10.1021/nl1034732
eng
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American Chemical Society