Bright solid-state sources of indistinguishable single photons
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Bright sources of indistinguishable single photons are strongly needed for the scalability of quantum information processing. Semiconductor quantum dots are promising systems to build such sources. Several works demonstrated emission of indistinguishable photons while others proposed various approaches to efficiently collect them. Here we combine both properties and report on the fabrication of ultrabright sources of indistinguishable single photons, thanks to deterministic positioning of single quantum dots in well-designed pillar cavities. Brightness as high as 0.79±0.08 collected photon per pulse is demonstrated. The indistinguishability of the photons is investigated as a function of the source brightness and the excitation conditions. We show that a two-laser excitation scheme allows reducing the fluctuations of the quantum dot electrostatic environment under high pumping conditions. With this method, we obtain 82±10% indistinguishability for a brightness as large as 0.65±0.06 collected photon per pulse.
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With the rapid development of other types of single-photon sources, such as those based on quantum dots, it is likely this obstacle will soon be overcome.
“Moreover, with the rapid development of other types of singlephoton sources, such as those based on quantum dots, 45,46 it is likely this obstacle will soon be overcome.”
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A high degree of indistinguishability is at the heart of optical quantum computing, Boson sampling, and solid-state quantum networks.
“Another crucial demand is that the photons should possess a high degree of indistinguishability, which is at the heart of optical quantum computing [2], Boson sampling [23], and solid-state quantum networks [24].”
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- Authors
- Gazzano, O., Michaelis de Vasconcellos, S., Arnold, C., Nowak, A., Galopin, E., Sagnes, I., Lanco, L., Lemaître, A., & Senellart, P.
- Affiliations
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- Corresponding author
- Senellart, P.
- Venue
- Nature Communications
- Published
- 2013-02-05
- Volume
- 4
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 1425-1425
- ISSN
- 2041-1723 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2034673571
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- 23.66
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- journal article
- Language
- en
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- Nature Communications (publishedVersion)
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- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR-11-CHRI-0005)
- FP7 Ideas: European Research Council (277885)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Materials Chemistry › Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Quantum and electron transport phenomena
- Keywords
- single-photon sources, photon indistinguishability, semiconductor quantum dots, source brightness, solid-state quantum information processing
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