Papers to read

«Si l’on mettait d’un côté ce qu’il a ingurgité durant sa vie et de l’autre ce qu’il a rendu par le haut et par le bas, cela ferait deux énormes tas. C’est ainsi qu’il se présentera un jour devant Dieu, avec ses deux tas, l’un à sa droite, l’autre à sa gauche.»

—Nikos Kazantzakis dans «Le Christ Recrucifié» (Ο Χριστός Ξανασταυρώνεται)

Papers to read

From 31 December (2023) onward, I'm starting the new "tradition" of keeping track of the papers I need to read. By "read" I mean, really, "study" in some depth (skimming through a paper is the lot of the researcher).

1. Turning a molecule into a coherent two-level quantum system . D. Wang, H. Kelkar, D. Martin-Cano, D. Rattenbacher, A. Shkarin, T. Utikal, S. Götzinger and V. Sandoghdar in Nature Phys. 15:483 (2019). Since 14:57 on 31 December (2023) for its fundamental and extremely clean characterization of a 2LS.
2. Photon Bunching in Cathodoluminescence. S. Meuret, L. Ti, N. T. Cazima, N. R. Bourrell, N. H. C., A. F. Treu and A. M. Kociak in Phys. Rev. Lett. 114:197401 (2015). Since 16:01 on 31 December (2023), for their $1/N$ analysis of the antibunching of $N$ emitters.
3. Photophysics of quantum emitters in hexagonal boron-nitride nano-flakes. M. K. Boll, I. P. Radko, A. Huck and U. L. Andersen in Opt. Express 28:7475 (2020). Since 16:02 on 31 December (2023) for their flat $g^{(2)}(\tau)$ (see Fig. 3).
4. Limitations on Practical Quantum Cryptography. G. Brassard, N. Lütkenhaus, T. Mor and B. C. Sanders in Phys. Rev. Lett. 85:1330 (2000). Since 16:17 on 31 December (2023) for SPDC being better than weak laser pulses (I'm interested in general in how weak laser pulses are useless SPS for QIP).
5. Photophysics of single silicon vacancy centers in diamond: implications for single photon emission. E. Neu, M. Agio and C. Becher in Opt. Express 20:19956 (2012). Since 19:26 on 31 December (2023) for further details on shelving dynamics on $g^{(2)}$.
6. Since 19:28 on 31 December (2023) for further details their model for $g^{(2)}$.
7. Since 19:31 on 31 December (2023) for details on their very elaborate rate-equation description of $g^{(2)}$.
8. Since 19:41 on 31 December (2023) for further details their model for $g^{(2)}$.

As well as those I did finally read:

1. Stable Solid-State Source of Single Photons. C. Kurtsiefer, S. Mayer, P. Zarda and H. Weinfurter in Phys. Rev. Lett. 85:290 (2000). Since 16:07 on 31 December (2023). 19:00 on 31 December (2023)