title: Stable solid-state source of single photons
abstract: Fluorescence light observed from a single nitrogen-vacancy center in diamond exhibits strong photon antibunching: The measured pair correlation function g((2))(0) shows that only one photon is emitted at a time. Nitrogen-vacancy centers are well localized, stable against photobleaching even at room temperature, and can be addressed in simple experimental configurations.
authors.affiliation: Sektion Physik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat, D-80799 Munchen, Germany.
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kurtsiefer
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mayer
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zarda
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Weinfurter