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Ultranarrow linewidth room-temperature single-photon source from perovskite quantum dot embedded in optical microcavity

Optics 2023-05-17 v1

Abstract

Ultranarrow bandwidth single-photon sources operating at room-temperature are of vital importance for viable optical quantum technologies at scale, including quantum key distribution, cloud based quantum information processing networks, and quantum metrology. Here we show a room-temperature ultranarrow bandwidth single-photon source generating polarised photons at a rate of 5MHz based on an inorganic CsPbI3 perovskite quantum dot embedded in a tunable open-access optical microcavity. When coupled to an optical cavity mode, the quantum dot room-temperature emission becomes single-mode and the spectrum narrows down to just 1 nm. The low numerical aperture of the optical cavities enables efficient collection of high-purity single-mode single-photon emission at room-temperature, offering promising performance for photonic and quantum technology applications. We measure 94% pure single-photon emission into a single-mode under pulsed and continuous-wave (CW) excitation.

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@article{arxiv.2305.09086,
  title  = {Ultranarrow linewidth room-temperature single-photon source from perovskite quantum dot embedded in optical microcavity},
  author = {Amit R. Dhawan and Tristan Farrow and Ashley Marshall and Alex Ghorbal and Wonmin Son and Henry J. Snaith and Jason M. Smith and Robert A. Taylor},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2305.09086},
  year   = {2023}
}
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