Phonon-assisted decoherence in the production of polarization-entangled photons in a single semiconductor quantum dot
arXiv:0706.4155 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.047402
Abstract
We theoretically investigate the production of polarization-entangled photons through the biexciton cascade decay in a single semiconductor quantum dot. In the intermediate state the entanglement is encoded in the polarizations of the first emitted photon and the exciton, where the exciton state can be effectively ``measured'' by the solid state environment through the formation of a lattice distortion. We show that the resulting loss of entanglement becomes drastically enhanced if the phonons contributing to the lattice distortion are subject to elastic scatterings at the device boundaries, which might constitute a serious limitation for quantum-dot based entangled-photon devices.
arXiv comment4 pages, 3 figure, to appear in Physical Review Letters
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