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On-demand Single Photons from Individual Epitaxial Quantum Dots
Published
Author(s)
Richard P. Mirin, Martin J. Stevens
Abstract
We will describe our group's efforts to use epitaxial InGaAs/GaAs quantum dots as sources of on-demand single photons and indistinguishable single photons. We have demonstrated second order intensity correlation measurements, g2τ, with g2(0) as low as 0.09 at 5 K. g2(0) < 0.5 is demonstrated at temperatures up to 120 K, and nonclassical light is seen to 135 K. We will describe our progress towards microcavity-enhanced emission from single quantum dots, which is necessary for indistinguishable photon emission in this system.
Proceedings Title
Proc., Single Photon Sources and Detectors Workshop
Mirin, R.
and Stevens, M.
(2005),
On-demand Single Photons from Individual Epitaxial Quantum Dots, Proc., Single Photon Sources and Detectors Workshop, Teddington, UK, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=32068
(Accessed October 10, 2025)