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Automated Vector-Scanning Spectroscopy for Large-Scale Characterization of Single Quantum Emitters

Optics 2026-06-26 v1

Abstract

The inherent spatial randomness and broad spectral heterogeneity of epitaxial quantum dots (QDs) -- one of the most mature classes of solid-state quantum emitters -- remains a major obstacle to their scalable deployment in integrated photonic quantum technologies. Overcoming this challenge requires deterministic fabrication strategies capable of precisely aligning nanophotonic structures with high-quality emitters, which in turn demands efficient and automated single-QD characterization. Despite substantial progress in optical measurement techniques, a platform capable of autonomous, data-efficient, and sufficiently versatile characterization of single quantum dots at the chip scale remains lacking. Here, we introduce an automated cryogenic measurement platform that combines wide-field photoluminescence imaging with vector-stage-scanning confocal spectroscopy to enable high-throughput, chip-scale targeted optical characterization of individual QDs. Using this platform, we automatically acquire photoluminescence data from thousands of GaAs/AlGaAs QDs on a single chip. We demonstrate how this extensive dataset enables identification of high-performance emitters for future deterministic device fabrication, while simultaneously revealing statistical trends across the QD ensemble. By uniting data-efficient targeted measurements with scalable automation, our platform establishes a foundation for large-scale quantum photonic integration and the high throughput characterization framework needed to accelerate materials optimization.

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@article{arxiv.2606.28624,
  title  = {Automated Vector-Scanning Spectroscopy for Large-Scale Characterization of Single Quantum Emitters},
  author = {William Eshbaugh and Ashish Chanana and Edgar Perez and Junyeob Song and Craig R. Copeland and Sulaiman Al Ghadani and Daniel McBride and Prasiddha Siwakoti and Maria Carolina Volpato and Armando Rastelli and Saimon Filipe Covre da Silva and Ignacio Segovia-Dominguez and Sadhvikas Addamane and Kartik Srinivasan and Edward B. Flagg and Marcelo Davanco},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2606.28624},
  year   = {2026}
}

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Main text consists of 9 pages with 3 figures. Supplemental information contains 10 pages with 7 figures