Carbon Nanotube Optics Poised to Provide Pathway to Optical-Based Quantum Cryptography and Quantum C (IMAGE)

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory

Carbon Nanotube Optics Poised to Provide Pathway to Optical-Based Quantum Cryptography and Quantum C

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Depiction of a carbon nanotube defect site generated by functionalization of a nanotube with a simple organic molecule.  Altering the electronic structure at the defect enables room-temperature single photon emission at telecom wavelengths.

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