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most citedNear optimal single photon sources in the solid state

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quant-ph2026

Spin-to-polarization mapping with a coherent quantum dot-cavity receiver

Adrià Medeiros, Vincent Vinel, Eliott Rambeau +12

Coherent light-matter interfaces controllably modifying the state of a photon upon interaction with a stationary qubit are a key resource for implementing deterministic entangling…

quant-ph2026

Industry-ready spin-photon interfaces for hybrid photonic quantum computing

Hêlio Huet, Hubert Lam, Thibaut Pollet +45

Hybrid photonic quantum computers, combining stationary matter qubits and flying photonic qubits, offer an intrinsically networked and resource-efficient route to large-scale, erro…

quant-ph2026

Dynamical decoupling of a quantum dot spin in a micropillar cavity for spin-multiphoton entanglement

H. Huet, P. R. Ramesh, R. Frantzeskakis +12

Graph states of mutually entangled photons are key resources for quantum computation and communication and can be generated by leveraging the entanglement between a single resident…

quant-ph2026

Near-identical photons from distant quantum dot-cavity devices

Thibaut Pollet, Victor Guilloux, Duc-Duy Tran +13

Scalable optical quantum technologies require interference between large numbers of indistinguishable single-photons emitted by independent sources. Semiconductor quantum dots are…

quant-ph2026

An Energetic Constraint for Qubit-Qubit Entanglement

Kiarn T. Laverick, Samyak P. Prasad, Pascale Senellart +2

We analyze qubit-qubit entanglement from an energetic perspective and reveal an energetic trade-off between quantum coherence and entanglement. We decompose each qubit internal ene…

quant-ph2026

Accessing which-path information in the absorption and emission of light by a quantum dot in a Ramsey sequence

I. Maillette de Buy Wenniger, M. Maffei, S. C. Wein +8

We quantify which-path information in the absorption and emission of light by a quantum dot along a Ramsey-like sequence. The quantum dot is excited by two successive classical $π/…

quant-ph2025

Benchmarking quantum key distribution by mixing single photons and laser light

Yann Portella, Petr Steindl, Juan Rafael Álvarez +8

Quantum key distribution is a key application of quantum mechanics, shaping the future of privacy and secure communications. Many protocols require single photons, often approximat…

quant-ph2025★ 1 cited

Monitoring the generation of photonic linear cluster states with partial measurements

Valentin Guichard, Leonid Vidro, Dario A. Fioretto +11

Quantum states of light with many entangled photons are key resources for photonic quantum computing and quantum communication. In this work, we exploit a highly resource-efficient…

quant-ph2025★ 2 cited

Optimizing the quantum interference between single photons and local oscillator with photon correlations

Hubert Lam, Juan R. Álvarez, Petr Steindl +10

The quantum interference between a coherent state and a single photon is an important tool in continuous variable optical quantum technologies to characterize and engineer non-Gaus…

quant-ph2025

Measurement-induced back-action in a QD-based coherent spin-photon interface

Adrià Medeiros, Manuel Gundín, Dario A. Fioretto +10

Polarization-encoded spin-photon interfaces constitute promising candidates for the development of stationary nodes used as photon receivers, for quantum communication and distribu…

quant-ph2024★ 1 cited

Indistinguishability of remote quantum dot-cavity single-photon sources

Mathias Pont, Stephen C. Wein, Ilse Maillette de Buy Wenniger +10

Generating identical photons from remote emitter-based bright single-photon sources is an important step for scaling up optical quantum technologies. Here, we study the Hong-Ou-Man…

quant-ph2024★ 5 cited

Minimizing resource overhead in fusion-based quantum computation using hybrid spin-photon devices

Stephen C. Wein, Timothée Goubault de Brugière, Luka Music +3

We present three schemes for constructing a (2,2)-Shor-encoded 6-ring photonic resource state for fusion-based quantum computing, each relying on a different type of photon source.…

quant-ph2024★ 5 cited

Quantum interferences and gates with emitter-based coherent photon sources

I. Maillette de Buy Wenniger, S. C. Wein, D. Fioretto +10

Quantum emitters such as quantum dots, defects in diamond or in silicon have emerged as efficient single photon sources that are progressively exploited in quantum technologies. In…

cond-mat.mes-hall2022★ 15 cited

Probing the dynamics and coherence of a semiconductor hole spin via acoustic phonon-assisted excitation

N. Coste, M. Gundin, D. Fioretto +11

Spins in semiconductor quantum dots are promising local quantum memories to generate polarization-encoded photonic cluster states, as proposed in the pioneering Rudolph-Lindner sch…

quant-ph2020★ 145 cited

Bright Polarized Single-Photon Source Based on a Linear Dipole

S. E. Thomas, M. Billard, N. Coste +13

Semiconductor quantum dots in cavities are promising single-photon sources. Here, we present a path to deterministic operation, by harnessing the intrinsic linear dipole in a neutr…

quant-ph2020★ 93 cited

Hong-Ou-Mandel Interference with Imperfect Single Photon Sources

H. Ollivier, S. E. Thomas, S. C. Wein +12

Hong-Ou-Mandel interference is a cornerstone of optical quantum technologies. We explore both theoretically and experimentally how the nature of unwanted multi-photon components of…

quant-ph2017★ 5 cited

Overcomplete quantum tomography of a path-entangled two-photon state

L. De Santis, G. Coppola, C. Antón +8

Path-entangled N-photon states can be obtained through the coalescence of indistinguishable photons inside linear networks. They are key resources for quantum enhanced metrology, q…

cond-mat.mes-hall2017★ 29 cited

Tomography of optical polarization rotation induced by a quantum dot-cavity device

C. Antón, C. A. Kessler, P. Hilaire +9

We introduce a tomography approach to describe the optical response of a cavity quantum electrodynamics device, beyond the semiclassical image of polarization rotation, by analyzin…

quant-ph2016★ 208 cited

BosonSampling with single-photon Fock states from a bright solid-state source

J. C. Loredo, M. A. Broome, P. Hilaire +6

A BosonSampling device is a quantum machine expected to perform tasks intractable for a classical computer, yet requiring minimal non-classical resources as compared to full-scale…

quant-ph2015★ 1.3k cited

Near optimal single photon sources in the solid state

N. Somaschi, V. Giesz, L. De Santis +15

Single-photons are key elements of many future quantum technologies, be it for the realisation of large-scale quantum communication networks for quantum simulation of chemical and…

cond-mat.mes-hall2015★ 76 cited

Cavity-Enhanced Two-Photon Interference using Remote Quantum Dot Sources

V. Giesz, S. L. Portalupi, T. Grange +9

Quantum dots in cavities have been shown to be very bright sources of indistinguishable single photons. Yet the quantum interference between two bright quantum dot sources, a criti…