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 …

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 …

GaAs integrated quantum photonics: towards compact and multi‐functional quantum photonic integrated circuits

CP Dietrich, A Fiore, MG Thompson… - Laser & Photonics …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The recent progress in integrated quantum optics has set the stage for the development of
an integrated platform for quantum information processing with photons, with potential …

Exciton-polariton trap** and potential landscape engineering

C Schneider, K Winkler, MD Fraser… - Reports on Progress …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Exciton-polaritons in semiconductor microcavities have become a model system for the
studies of dynamical Bose–Einstein condensation, macroscopic coherence, many-body …

Universal Recovery of the Energy-Level Degeneracy of Bright Excitons in InGaAs<? format?> Quantum Dots without a Structure Symmetry

R Trotta, E Zallo, C Ortix, P Atkinson, JD Plumhof… - Physical review …, 2012 - APS
The lack of structural symmetry which usually characterizes semiconductor quantum dots
lifts the energetic degeneracy of the bright excitonic states and hampers severely their use …

Recent advances in optical and optoelectronic data storage based on luminescent nanomaterials

J Yu, M Luo, Z Lv, S Huang, HH Hsu, CC Kuo, ST Han… - Nanoscale, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The substantial amount of data generated every second in the big data age creates a
pressing requirement for new and advanced data storage techniques. Luminescent …

Single quantum dot nanolaser

S Strauf, F Jahnke - Laser & Photonics Reviews, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Recent theoretical and experimental progress on nanolasers is reviewed with a focus on the
emission properties of devices operating with a few or even an individual semiconductor …

In situ electron-beam lithography of deterministic single-quantum-dot mesa-structures using low-temperature cathodoluminescence spectroscopy

M Gschrey, F Gericke, A Schüßler, R Schmidt… - Applied Physics …, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
We report on the deterministic fabrication of sub-μm mesa-structures containing single
quantum dots (QDs) by in situ electron-beam lithography. The fabrication method is based …

Deterministic implementation of a bright, on-demand single-photon source with near-unity indistinguishability via quantum dot imaging

YM He, J Liu, S Maier, M Emmerling, S Gerhardt… - Optica, 2017 - opg.optica.org
Deterministic techniques enabling the implementation and engineering of bright and
coherent solid-state quantum light sources are key for the reliable realization of a next …

Triggered indistinguishable single photons with narrow line widths from site-controlled quantum dots

KD Jons, P Atkinson, M Muller, M Heldmaier… - Nano Letters, 2013 - ACS Publications
In this Letter, we present narrow line width (7 μeV), nearly background-free single-photon
emission (g (2)(0)= 0.02) and highly indistinguishable photons (V= 0.73) from site-controlled …