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In the present study, we developed a fabrication process of an electrically driven single-photon LED based on InP QDs emitting in the red spectral range, the wavelength of interest coinciding with the high efficiency window of Si APDs. A…
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We experimentally demonstrate the control of the spontaneous emission rate and the radiation pattern of colloidal quantum dots deterministically positioned in a plasmonic patch antenna. The antenna consists of a thin gold microdisk 30 nm…
Single photon emitters in atomically-thin semiconductors can be deterministically positioned using strain induced by underlying nano-structures. Here, we couple monolayer WSe$_2$ to high-refractive-index gallium phosphide dielectric…
Single emitters have been considered as sources of single photons in various contexts such as cryptography, quantum computation, spectroscopy, and metrology. The success of these applications will crucially rely on the efficient directional…
Nanoscale strain has emerged as a powerful tool for controlling single-photon emitters (SPEs) in atomically thin transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs)(1, 2). However, quantum emitters in monolayer TMDCs are typically unstable in ambient…
Quantum emitters coupled to plasmonic nanoantennas produce single photons at unprecedentedly high rates in ambient conditions. This enhancement of quantum emitters' radiation rate is based on the existence of optical modes with highly…
Single photon emitters are a key component for enabling the practical use of quantum key distribution protocols for secure communications. For long-haul optical networks it is imperative to use photons at wavelengths that are compatible…
We theoretically demonstrate the generation and radiation of coherent nanoplasmons powered by a single three-level quantum emitter on a plasmonic nanoresonator. By pumping the three-level emitter in a Raman configuration, we show a pathway…
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Solid-state single-quantum emitters are a crucial resource for on-chip photonic quantum technologies and require efficient cavity-emitter coupling to realize quantum networks beyond the single-node level. Previous approaches to enhance…
Coherent broadband excitation of plasmons brings ultrafast photonics to the nanoscale. However, to fully leverage this potential for ultrafast nanophotonic applications, the capacity to engineer and control the ultrafast response of a…
Spectrally-tunable quantum-light sources are key elements for the realization of long-distance quantum communication. A deterministically fabricated single-photon source with a photon-extraction efficiency of {\eta}=(20 +- 2) % and a tuning…
Deterministically integrating semiconductor quantum emitters with plasmonic nano-devices paves the way towards chip-scale integrable, true nanoscale quantum photonics technologies. For this purpose, stable and bright semiconductor emitters…
The development of multi-node quantum optical circuits has attracted great attention in recent years. In particular, interfacing quantum-light sources, gates and detectors on a single chip is highly desirable for the realization of large…
The absorption process of an emitter close to a plasmonic antenna is enhanced due to strong local electromagnetic (EM) fields. The emission process, if resonant with the plasmonic system, re-radiates to the far-field by coupling with the…
We present a practical new method for fabricating a coupled single quantum emitter-plasmonic nanoantenna system. Emission characteristics of a single defect center embedded in hexagonal Boron Nitride (hBN) multilayers is modified using…