Fiber-based long-haul quantum communication would greatly benefit from a robust and deterministically integrated source of quantum state. Here, we report the design, fabrication, and optical characterization of InAs/InP quantum dots in the InP H1 point defect 2D photonic crystal cavity, integrated with the standard single-mode fiber using a micro-transfer printing technique. The device was placed in a compact cryocooler maintaining a cryogenic temperature of 15 K with single-photon emission characterized by g(2)(0)=0.14(14) and reliable and stable emission (intensity fluctuations given by a standard deviation σ=0.13), so that an all-fiber based connection between two laboratory nodes through an open area was established and utilized for testing the quantum channel. In this way, we demonstrate a plug-and-play all-fiber single-photon source operating in the third telecom window, where standard telecommunication fiber networks can be used as a low-loss medium.
@article{arxiv.2411.16490,
title = {InAs/InP quantum dot based C-Band all-fiber plug-and-play triggered single-photon source integrated using micro-transfer printing},
author = {Marek G. Mikulicz and Paweł Mrowiński and Paweł Holewa and Kresten Yvind and Marcin Syperek and Elizaveta Semenova},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2411.16490},
year = {2024}
}