Bright single-photon sources in bottom-up tailored nanowires
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The ability to achieve near-unity light-extraction efficiency is necessary for a truly deterministic single-photon source. The most promising method to reach such high efficiencies is based on embedding single-photon emitters in tapered photonic waveguides defined by top-down etching techniques. However, light-extraction efficiencies in current top-down approaches are limited by fabrication imperfections and etching-induced defects. The efficiency is further tempered by randomly positioned off-axis quantum emitters. Here we present perfectly positioned single quantum dots on the axis of a tailored nanowire waveguide using bottom-up growth. In comparison to quantum dots in nanowires without waveguides, we demonstrate a 24-fold enhancement in the single-photon flux, corresponding to a light-extraction efficiency of 42%. Such high efficiencies in one-dimensional nanowires are promising to transfer quantum information over large distances between remote stationary qubits using flying qubits within the same nanowire p–n junction. Single-photon sources are important for quantum optical technologies, although achieving efficient light extraction from them with waveguides is limited in top-down approaches. Reimeret al. show a high extraction efficiency using a bottom-up method to grow quantum dots on the axis of nanowire waveguides.
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- Authors
- Reimer, M. E., Bulgarini, G., Akopian, N., Hocevar, M., Bavinck, M. B., Verheijen, M. A., Bakkers, E. P. A. M., Kouwenhoven, L. P., & Zwiller, V.
- Affiliations
- Delft University of Technology (NL)
- Eindhoven University of Technology (NL)
- Corresponding author
- Reimer, Michael E.
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- 2012-03-13
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- Topics
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- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Nanowire Synthesis and Applications
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Materials Chemistry › Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties
- Keywords
- single-photon sources, quantum dots, nanowire waveguides, light extraction efficiency, tapered waveguide, quantum information transfer, flying qubits, p-n junction
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