title: Invited review article: Single-photon sources and detectors.
abstract: We review the current status of single-photon-source and single-photon-detector technologies operating at wavelengths from the ultraviolet to the infrared. We discuss applications of these technologies to quantum communication, a field currently driving much of the development of single-photon sources and detectors.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, USA.
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Eisaman
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Migdall
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Polyakov