High-performance semiconductor quantum-dot single-photon sources

P Senellart, G Solomon, A White - Nature nanotechnology, 2017 - nature.com
Single photons are a fundamental element of most quantum optical technologies. The ideal
single-photon source is an on-demand, deterministic, single-photon source delivering light …

Applications of single photons to quantum communication and computing

C Couteau, S Barz, T Durt, T Gerrits, J Huwer… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
In the context of quantum technologies, the generation and manipulation of single photons
has become a key element for applications such as quantum communication and quantum …

Near-optimal single-photon sources in the solid state

N Somaschi, V Giesz, L De Santis, JC Loredo… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
The scaling of optical quantum technologies requires efficient, on-demand sources of highly
indistinguishable single photons. Semiconductor quantum dots inserted into photonic …

On-demand single photons with high extraction efficiency and near-unity indistinguishability from a resonantly driven quantum dot in a micropillar

X Ding, Y He, ZC Duan, N Gregersen, MC Chen… - Physical review …, 2016 - APS
Scalable photonic quantum technologies require on-demand single-photon sources with
simultaneously high levels of purity, indistinguishability, and efficiency. These key features …

Progress in quantum-dot single photon sources for quantum information technologies: A broad spectrum overview

Y Arakawa, MJ Holmes - Applied Physics Reviews, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) of various material systems are being heavily
researched for the development of solid state single photon emitters, which are required for …

Quantum communication using semiconductor quantum dots

DA Vajner, L Rickert, T Gao… - Advanced Quantum …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Worldwide, enormous efforts are directed toward the development of the so‐called quantum
internet. Turning this long‐sought‐after dream into reality is a great challenge that will …

Molecular polaritons for controlling chemistry with quantum optics

F Herrera, J Owrutsky - The Journal of chemical physics, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
This is a tutorial-style introduction to the field of molecular polaritons. We describe the basic
physical principles and consequences of strong light–matter coupling common to molecular …

Two-photon interference: the Hong–Ou–Mandel effect

F Bouchard, A Sit, Y Zhang, R Fickler… - Reports on Progress …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Nearly 30 years ago, two-photon interference was observed, marking the beginning of a
new quantum era. Indeed, two-photon interference has no classical analogue, giving it a …

Silicon quantum photonics

JW Silverstone, D Bonneau, JL O'Brien… - IEEE Journal of …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Integrated quantum photonic applications, providing physically guaranteed communications
security, subshot-noise measurement, and tremendous computational power, are nearly …

Bright polarized single-photon source based on a linear dipole

SE Thomas, M Billard, N Coste, SC Wein, Priya… - Physical review …, 2021 - APS
Semiconductor quantum dots in cavities are promising single-photon sources. Here, we
present a path to deterministic operation, by harnessing the intrinsic linear dipole in a …