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Single‐Photon Sources: Non‐Blinking Single‐Photon Generation with Anisotropic Colloidal Nanocrystals: Towards Room‐Temperature, Efficient, Colloidal Quantum Sources (Adv. Mater. 14/2013)
Author(s) -
Pisanello Ferruccio,
Leménager Godefroy,
Martiradonna Luigi,
Carbone Luigi,
Vezzoli Stefano,
Desfonds Pascal,
Cozzoli Pantaleo Davide,
Hermier JeanPierre,
Giacobino Elisabeth,
Cingolani Roberto,
De Vittorio Massimo,
Bramati Alberto
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201370091
Subject(s) - nanocrystal , materials science , colloid , photon , anisotropy , shell (structure) , quantum , nanoparticle , nanotechnology , optoelectronics , quantum dot , optics , physics , quantum mechanics , composite material , chemical engineering , engineering
High‐quality core/shell CdSe/CdS colloidal nanocrystals are demonstrated to be efficient sources of non‐classical light. As shown by Ferruccio Pisanello and co‐workers on page 1974 , the intrinsic anisotropy of these nanoparticles allows an independent tuning of shell length and thickness, resulting in a full control of photon statistics. This can be exploited to obtain non‐blinking, room‐temperature single‐photon generation, thus bringing colloidal nanocrystals one step closer to non‐classical light sources for quantum applications.