Review: Semiconductor Quantum Light Sources

Abstract

Lasers and LEDs display a statistical distribution in the number of photons emitted in a given time interval. New applications exploiting the quantum properties of light require sources for which either individual photons, or pairs, are generated in a regulated stream. Here we review recent research on single-photon sources based on the emission of a single semiconductor quantum dot. In just a few years remarkable progress has been made in generating indistinguishable single-photons and entangled photon pairs using such structures. It suggests it may be possible to realise compact, robust, LED-like semiconductor devices for quantum light generation.

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• Experimental quantum teleportation
• Quantum nature of a strongly-coupled single quantum dot-cavity system
• Entangled Photon Pairs from Semiconductor Quantum Dots
• Size-dependent fine-structure splitting in self-organized InAs/GaAs quantum dots
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• High quality asynchronous heralded single photon source at telecom wavelength
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