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 …

Photonic nanostructures provide a means of tailoring the interaction between light and
matter and the past decade has witnessed tremendous experimental and theoretical …

Single-photon emitters play an important role in many leading quantum technologies. There
is still no'ideal'on-demand single-photon emitter, but a plethora of promising material …

An optimal single-photon source should deterministically deliver one, and only one, photon
at a time, with no trade-off between the source's efficiency and the photon …

Scalable photonic quantum technologies require on-demand single-photon sources with
simultaneously high levels of purity, indistinguishability, and efficiency. These key features …

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 …

Multiphoton interference reveals strictly nonclassical phenomena. Its applications range
from fundamental tests of quantum mechanics to photonic quantum information processing …

The development of efficient solid-state sources of single photons is a major challenge in the
context of quantum communication, optical quantum information processing and metrology …

Photonic quantum technology provides a viable route to quantum communication,, quantum
simulation and quantum information processing. Recent progress has seen the realization of …

An on-demand source of indistinguishable and entangled photon pairs is a fundamental
component of various quantum information applications, including optical quantum …