Year: 2002
Type: article
Abstract: We have demonstrated efficient production of triggered single photons by coupling a single semiconductor quantum dot to a three-dimensionally confined optical mode in a micropost microcavity. The efficiency of emitting single photons into a single-mode traveling wave is approximately 38%, which is nearly 2 orders of magnitude higher than for a quantum dot in bulk semiconductor material. At the same time, the probability of having more than one photon in a given pulse is reduced by a factor of 7 as compared to light with Poissonian photon statistics.
Source: Physical Review Letters
Authors: Matthew Pelton, Charles Santori, Jelena Vuc̆ković, Bingyang Zhang, Glenn S. Solomon, Jocelyn Plant, Yoshihisa Yamamoto
Institutions: Japan Science and Technology Agency, Stanford University
Language: English
Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
Funder: Army Research Office
OpenAlex ID: W2088327393