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Disseminable single-photon source for quantum radiometry

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Hristina Georgieva, Thomas Gerrits, Lijun Ma, Riley Dawkins, Marco Lopez, Oliver Slattery, Sven Rodt, Stephan Reitzenstein, Alan Migdall, Stefan Kueck

Abstract

We present a disseminable single-photon source based on an InGaAs quantum dot in a micro-mesa. This source achieves a maximum photon flux of 2.8 million photons/s at a wavelength of 929.7 nm, with a multi-photon suppression of g(2)(0) = 0.22. The semiconductor chip can be installed in any cryogenic system and the compact size of all the optical components facilitates easy dissemination for interlaboratory comparisons. The consistency in results regarding photon flux and multi-photon suppression across two distinct laboratory environments underscores the robustness and versatility of this single-photon source.
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Applied Physics Letters
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Keywords

quantum dots, single-photon, single-photon detector calibration, single-photon source, quantum radiometry
Quantum information science and Optical / photometry / laser metrology

Citation

Georgieva, H. , Gerrits, T. , Ma, L. , Dawkins, R. , Lopez, M. , Slattery, O. , Rodt, S. , Reitzenstein, S. , Migdall, A. and Kueck, S. (2024), Disseminable single-photon source for quantum radiometry, Applied Physics Letters, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=957995 (Accessed October 27, 2025)

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Created December 24, 2024, Updated December 30, 2024
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