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most citedAtomically-thin Single-photon Sources for Quantum Communication

87 citations · 350 across the 15 of their papers we have counts for

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15 papers

quant-ph2026

Experimental quantum cryptography with single photons and imperfect devices

Aodhán Corrigan, Koray Kaymazlar, Zhiyao Wang +9

Quantum key distribution (QKD) allows for provably secure key distribution between two trusted parties. Because the security and performance of QKD protocols rely on devices that b…

quant-ph2024★ 29 cited

High Purcell-enhancement in quantum-dot hybrid circular Bragg grating cavities for GHz-clockrate generation of indistinguishable photons

Lucas Rickert, Daniel A. Vajner, Martin von Helversen +8

We present Purcell-enhanced () semiconductor InAs quantum dot decay times of ps, enabled by deterministic hybrid circular Bragg gratings (hCBGs). We inve…

quant-ph2024★ 4 cited

Towards Photon-Number-Encoded High-dimensional Entanglement from a Sequentially Excited Quantum Three-Level System

Daniel A. Vajner, Nils D. Kewitz, Martin von Helversen +9

The sequential resonant excitation of a 2-level quantum system results in the emission of a state of light showing time-entanglement encoded in the photon-number-basis - notions th…

cond-mat.mes-hall2023

Twist Angle Dependence of Exciton Resonances in WSe/MoSe Moiré Heterostructures

Chirag Chandrakant Palekar, Joakim Hagel, Barbara Rosa +7

Van der Waals heterostructures based on TMDC semiconducting materials have emerged as promising materials due to their spin-valley properties efficiently contrived by the stacking-…

cond-mat.mes-hall2023★ 1 cited

Temperature dependent temporal coherence of metallic-nanoparticle-induced single-photon emitters in a WSe monolayer

Martin von Helversen, Lara Greten, Imad Limame +7

In recent years, much research has been undertaken to investigate the suitability of two-dimensional materials to act as single-photon sources with high optical and quantum optical…

cond-mat.mes-hall2023★ 10 cited

Controlled Coherent Coupling in a Quantum Dot Molecule Revealed by Ultrafast Four-Wave Mixing Spectroscopy

Daniel Wigger, Johannes Schall, Marielle Deconinck +18

Semiconductor quantum dot molecules are considered as promising candidates for quantum technological applications due to their wide tunability of optical properties and coverage of…

cond-mat.mes-hall2023★ 11 cited

Confined-state physics and signs of fermionization of moiré excitons in WSe/MoSe heterobilayers

Frederik Lohof, Johannes Michl, Alexander Steinhoff +10

We revisit and extend the standard bosonic interpretation of interlayer excitons in the moiré potential of twisted heterostructures of transition-metal dichalcogenides. In our expe…

quant-ph2023★ 2 cited

Energy-time entanglement from a resonantly driven quantum dot three-level system

M. Hohn, K. Barkemeyer, M. von Helversen +8

Entanglement is a major resource in advanced quantum technology, where it can enable secure exchange of information over large distances. Energy-time entanglement is particularly a…

quant-ph2022

Scalable deterministic integration of two quantum dots into an on-chip quantum circuit

Shulun Li, Yuhui Yang, Johannes Schall +9

Integrated quantum photonic circuits (IQPCs) with deterministically integrated quantum emitters are critical elements for scalable quantum information applications and have attract…

quant-ph2022★ 87 cited

Atomically-thin Single-photon Sources for Quantum Communication

Timm Gao, Martin v. Helversen, Carlos Anton-Solanas +2

To date, quantum communication widely relies on attenuated lasers for secret key generation. In future quantum networks fundamental limitations resulting from their probabilistic p…

cond-mat.mes-hall2021★ 14 cited

Intrinsic circularly-polarized exciton emission in a twisted van-der-Waals heterostructure

J. Michl, S. A. Tarasenko, F. Lohof +12

The investigation of excitons in van-der-Waals heterostructures has led to profound insights into the interplay of crystal symmetries and fundamental effects of light-matter coupli…

quant-ph2019★ 66 cited

Tools for the Performance Optimization of Single-Photon Quantum Key Distribution

Timm Kupko, Martin v. Helversen, Lucas Rickert +6

Quantum light sources emitting triggered single photons or entangled photon pairs have the potential to boost the performance of quantum key distribution (QKD) systems. Proof-of-pr…

cond-mat.mes-hall2017★ 39 cited

Exploring the Photon-Number Distribution of Bimodal Microlasers

Elisabeth Schlottmann, Martin von Helversen, Heinrich A. M. Leymann +9

A photon-number resolving transition edge sensor (TES) is used to measure the photon-number distribution of two microcavity lasers. The investigated devices are bimodal microlasers…

cond-mat.mes-hall2017★ 4 cited

Controlling the gain contribution of background emitters in few-quantum-dot microlasers

F. Gericke, M. Segnon, M. von Helversen +9

We provide experimental and theoretical insight into single-emitter lasing effects in a quantum dot (QD)-microlaser under controlled variation of background gain provided by off-re…

quant-ph2016★ 83 cited

A bright triggered twin-photon source in the solid state

Tobias Heindel, Alexander Thoma, Martin von Helversen +11

A non-classical light source emitting pairs of identical photons represents a versatile resource of interdisciplinary importance with applications in quantum optics and quantum bio…