Resonant excitation and photon entanglement from semiconductor quantum dots

Ana Predojević

Resonant excitation and photon entanglement from semiconductor quantum dots

Quantum Physics 2016-08-08 v1

Authors: Ana Predojević

Abstract

In this chapter we review the use of semiconductor quantum dots as sources of quantum light. Principally, we focus on resonant two-photon excitation, which is a method that allows for on-demand generation of photon pairs. We explore the advantages of resonant excitation and present a number of measurements that were made in this excitation regime. In particular, we cover the following topics: photon statistics, coherent manipulation of the ground-excited state superposition, and generation of time-bin entangled photon pairs.

Keywords

semiconductor quantum dots resonant excitation photon entanglement two-photon excitation photon statistics time-bin entanglement quantum light sources

Cite

@article{arxiv.1503.00352,
  title  = {Resonant excitation and photon entanglement from semiconductor quantum dots},
  author = {Ana Predojević},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1503.00352},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

to appear as a book chapter in a compilation "Engineering the Atom-Photon Interaction" published by Springer in 2015, edited by A. Predojevic and M. W. Mitchell

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