The long dreamed 'quantum internet'would consist of a network of quantum nodes (solid-
state or atomic systems) linked by flying qubits, naturally based on photons, travelling over …

Piezoelectric and ferroelectric materials have shown great potential for control of the optical
process in emerging materials. There are three ways for them to impact on the optical …

In the search for novel, robust quantum emitters, inorganic lead halide perovskite
nanocrystals have emerged as potential colloidal sources of coherent single photons. While …

The generation of high-quality entangled photon pairs has been a long-sought goal in
modern quantum communication and computation. So far, the most widely used entangled …

The development of scalable sources of non-classical light is fundamental to unlocking the
technological potential of quantum photonics. Semiconductor quantum dots are emerging as …

Semiconductor quantum dots are capable of emitting polarization entangled photon pairs
with ultralow multipair emission probability even at maximum brightness. Using a quantum …

We report on the observation of nearly maximally entangled photon pairs from
semiconductor quantum dots, without resorting to postselection techniques. We use GaAs …

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

Many quantum photonic technologies require the efficient generation of entangled pairs of
photons, but to date there have been few ways to produce them reliably. Sources based on …

This Perspective presents an overview on the epitaxial growth and optical properties of
GaAs quantum dots obtained with the droplet etching method as high-quality sources of …