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Hybrid integrated quantum photonics combines solid-state artificial atoms with reconfigurable photonic circuits, enabling scalable chip-based quantum networks. Self-assembled quantum dots (QDs) are ideal for this goal due to their ability…

We demonstrate a fiber in-line single photon source based on a hybrid system of colloidal single quantum dots deposited on an optical nanofiber and cooled down to cryogenic temperature (3.7 K). We show that a charged state (trion) of the…

Optics · Physics 2020-03-16 K. Muhammed Shafi , Kali P. Nayak , Akiharu Miyanaga , Kohzo Hakuta

Room temperature single photon sources (SPS) are crucial for developing the next generation quantum technologies. Quantum dots (QDs), recently, have been reported as promising materials as SPS at room temperature. By optimizing the single…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2025-06-09 Kush Kaushik , Jiban Mondal , Ritesh Kumar Bag , Shagun Sharma , Abdul Salam , Chayan Kanti Nandi

Long-range, terrestrial quantum networks will require high brightness single-photon sources emitting in the telecom C-band for maximum transmission rate. Many applications additionally demand triggered operation with high…

Entangled photon pair sources are a key enabling technology for quantum communication and networking, yet their deployment beyond laboratory environments is hindered by system-level complexity, limited operational stability, and…

Quantum emitters (QEs) in two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides (2D TMDCs) have advanced to the forefront of quantum communication and transduction research due to their unique potentials in accessing valley pseudo-spin degree of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-02-01 Huan Zhao , Michael T. Pettes , Yu Zheng , Han Htoon

On-chip quantum information processing requires controllable quantum light sources that can be operated on-demand at high-speeds and with the possibility of in-situ control of the photon emission wavelength and its optical polarization…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-02-22 S. Lazic , E. Chernysheva , A. Hernández-Mínguez , P. V. Santos , H. P. van der Meulen

To fully exploit the potential of quantum technologies, quantum networks are needed to link different systems, significantly enhancing applications in computing, cryptography, and metrology. Central to these networks are quantum relays that…

The ultimate non-classic light sources for modern photonic quantum technology require on-demand generation of indistinguishable quantum light with high brightness and flexible engineering of quantum emission in multiple degrees of freedom.…

Photonic integrated circuits (PICs) are attractive platforms to perform large-scale quantum information processing. While highly-functional PICs (e.g. silicon based photonic-circuits) and high-performance single photon sources (SPSs, e.g.…

Applied Physics · Physics 2019-06-18 Ryota Katsumi , Yasutomo Ota , Masahiro Kakuda , Satoshi Iwamoto , Yasuhiko Arakawa

Single-photon sources are essential for quantum networks, enabling applications ranging from quantum key distribution (QKD) to the burgeoning quantum internet. Despite the remarkable advancements, the current reliance of QKD on attenuated…

We create and isolate single-photon emitters with a high brightness approaching $10^5$ counts per second in commercial silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafers. The emission occurs in the infrared spectral range with a spectrally narrow zero…

Applied Physics · Physics 2020-08-24 M. Hollenbach , Y. Berencén , U. Kentsch , M. Helm , G. V. Astakhov

True on--demand high--repetition--rate single--photon sources are highly sought after for quantum information processing applications. However, any coherently driven two-level quantum system suffers from a finite re-excitation probability…

Single epitaxially-grown semiconductor quantum dots have great potential as single photon sources for photonic quantum technologies, though in practice devices often exhibit non-ideal behavior. Here, we demonstrate that amplitude modulation…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-03-08 Serkan Ates , Imad Agha , Angelo Gulinatti , Ivan Rech , Antonio Badolato , Kartik Srinivasan

We report a scalable molecular beam epitaxy strategy to achieve a low density of O-band electrically tunable InAs/InGaAs quantum dots (QDs) on GaAs(001) substrates. Our approach is based on a gradient deposition of InAs in the sub-ML regime…

We demonstrate a quantum dot single photon source at 900 nm triggered at 300 MHz by a continuous wave telecommunications wavelength laser followed by an electro-optic modulator. The quantum dot is excited by on-chip-generated second…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-20 Kelley Rivoire , Sonia Buckley , Arka Majumdar , Hyochul Kim , Pierre Petroff , Jelena Vuckovic

Photon loss is the biggest enemy for scalable photonic quantum information processing. This problem can be tackled by using quantum error correction, provided that the overall photon loss is below a threshold of 1/3. However, all reported…

The desiderata for an ideal photon source are high brightness, high single-photon purity, and high indistinguishability. Defining brightness at the first collection lens, these properties have been simultaneously demonstrated with…

Semiconductor quantum-dot cavity systems are promising sources for solid-state based on-demand generation of single photons for quantum communication. Commonly, the spectral characteristics of the emitted single photon are fixed by system…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-11-02 Dominik Breddermann , Dirk Heinze , Rolf Binder , Artur Zrenner , Stefan Schumacher

Single-photon sources are of great interest because they are key elements in different promising applications of quantum technologies. Here we demonstrate a highly efficient tunable on-demand microwave single-photon source based on a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-03-11 Yu Zhou , Zhihui Peng , Yuta Horiuchi , O. V. Astafiev , J. S. Tsai