We demonstrate the first wavelength-tunable electrically-pumped source of non-classical light that can emit photons with wavelength in resonance with the D2 transitions of 87Rb atoms. The device is fabricated by integrating a novel GaAs single-quantum-dot light-emitting-diode (LED) onto a piezoelectric actuator. By feeding the emitted photons into a 75-mm-long cell containing warm 87Rb atom vapor, we observe slow-light with a temporal delay of up to 3.4 ns. In view of the possibility of using 87Rb atomic vapors as quantum memories, this work makes an important step towards the realization of hybrid-quantum systems for future quantum networks.
@article{arxiv.1602.02122,
title = {Electrically-Pumped Wavelength-Tunable GaAs Quantum Dots Interfaced with Rubidium Atoms},
author = {Huiying Huang and Rinaldo Trotta and Yongheng Huo and Thomas Lettner and Javier Martín-Sánchez and Daniel Huber and Johannes S. Wildmann and Marcus Reindl and Jiaxiang Zhang and Eugenio Zallo and Oliver G. Schmidt and Armando Rastelli},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1602.02122},
year = {2016}
}