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most citedGaAs quantum dots grown by droplet etching epitaxy as quantum light sources

69 citations · 153 across the 19 of their papers we have counts for

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quant-ph2026

Quantum Key Distribution with Entanglement-Swapped Photons from a Quantum Emitter

Michele B. Rota, Francesco Basso Basset, Alessandro Laneve +16

Quantum key distribution (QKD) is a fundamental functionality of quantum networks. Extending its range requires quantum repeaters, a technology still under development and not yet…

quant-ph2026

Beyond Antibunching: Photon Correlation Analysis Reveals Blinking Origin

Patricia Kallert, Santiago Bermúdez-Feijóo, Giorgio De Pascalis +18

A variety of quantum emitters compete in the quest for the best single-photon source for photonic quantum technologies. Consequently, only a consistent approach to analyze the seco…

quant-ph2026

Towards Stirling cooler operable single-photon sources based on low-noise GaAs quantum dots

Maximilian Aigner, Jana Schlücking, Eva Schöll +15

For photonic quantum technology applications, sources capable of emitting photons with indistinguishability close to unity are essential. Ideally, these sources should not require…

quant-ph2026

Picosecond-resolved entanglement distribution over an urban free-space channel

Alessandro Laneve, Fabrizio Cienzo, Santiago Gomez +18

Time-evolving entangled states describe quantum particles whose correlations evolve in time according to a well-defined dynamics. Such states can be generated in a variety of physi…

quant-ph2026

A diode nanocavity for fast, efficient and tunable emission of highly entangled photon pairs and Fourier-transform-limited single photons

Ievgen Brytavskyi, Thomas Oberleitner, Christian Weidinger +16

Deterministic sources of entangled photon pairs and indistinguishable photons are expected to play a key role in photonic quantum technologies. Semiconductor quantum dots are promi…

physics.optics2026

Calibration of systematic distortions in quantum emitter localization microscopy for deterministic nanophotonic fabrication

Chenxi Ma, Maximilian Heller, Timon Handrup +10

Quantum photonic technologies greatly benefit from quantum light emitters with high brightness, indistinguishability, and reliable polarization characteristics. Achieving optimal p…

physics.optics2026

Cascaded Metasurface Interferometer for Multipath Interference with Classical and Quantum Light

Rebecca Aschwanden, Nicolás Claro-Rodríguez, Ruizhe Zhao +14

Beamsplitters represent fundamental components in both classical and quantum optical systems, enabling the distribution of light, as well as the generation of interference, superpo…

physics.app-ph2026

A complete fs-laser-ablation route to miniaturized single-crystal PMN-PT piezoelectric actuators

Menotti Markovic, Lucia Oberndorfer, Tobias M. Krieger +15

This article presents a novel fabrication route for miniaturized piezoelectric actuators that relies exclusively on processes based on femtosecond (fs) laser ablation. Previous wor…

quant-ph2025

All-photonic entanglement swapping with remote quantum dots

Mattia Beccaceci, Giuseppe Ronco, Fabrizio Cienzo +16

Entanglement swapping is a protocol that details how to create entanglement between previously uncorrelated particles. Its all-photonic version - mediated by the interference of ph…

physics.app-ph2025

Low-density InGaAs/AlGaAs Quantum Dots in Droplet-Etched Nanoholes

Saimon F. Covre Da Silva, Ailton J. Garcia, Maximilian Aigner +10

Over the past two decades, epitaxial semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) have demonstrated very promising properties as sources of single photons and entangled photons on-demand. Amon…

quant-ph2025

Ability of entanglement and purity to help to detect systematic experimental errors

Julia Freund, Francesco Basso Basset, Tobias M. Krieger +12

Measurements are central in all quantitative sciences, and a fundamental challenge is to make observations without systematic measurement errors. This holds in particular for quant…

quant-ph2024★ 3 cited

Quantum teleportation with dissimilar quantum dots over a hybrid quantum network

Alessandro Laneve, Giuseppe Ronco, Mattia Beccaceci +24

Photonic quantum information processing in metropolitan quantum networks lays the foundation for cloud quantum computing [1, 2], secure communication [3, 4], and the realization of…

quant-ph2024

Wavevector-resolved polarization entanglement from radiative cascades

Alessandro Laneve, Michele B. Rota, Francesco Basso Basset +13

The generation of entangled photons from radiative cascades has enabled milestone experiments in quantum information science with several applications in photonic quantum technolog…

quant-ph2023★ 8 cited

Post-fabrication tuning of circular Bragg resonators for enhanced emitter-cavity coupling

Tobias M. Krieger, Christian Weidinger, Thomas Oberleitner +12

Solid-state quantum emitters embedded in circular Bragg resonators are attractive due to their ability to emit quantum states of light with high brightness and low multi-photon pro…

physics.optics2023★ 17 cited

Polarized and Un-Polarized Emission from a Single Emitter in a Bullseye Resonator

Giora Peniakov, Quirin Buchinger, Mohamed Helal +12

We present polarized |S|=0.990.01, and unpolarized |S|=0.030.01 emission from a single emitter embedded in a single, cylindrically symmetric device design. We show that t…

quant-ph2022★ 47 cited

A source of entangled photons based on a cavity-enhanced and strain-tuned GaAs quantum dot

Michele B. Rota, Tobias M. Krieger, Quirin Buchinger +21

A quantum-light source that delivers photons with a high brightness and a high degree of entanglement is fundamental for the development of efficient entanglement-based quantum-key…

quant-ph2022★ 9 cited

Signatures of the Optical Stark Effect on Entangled Photon Pairs from Resonantly-Pumped Quantum Dots

Francesco Basso Basset, Michele B. Rota, Mattia Beccaceci +12

Two-photon resonant excitation of the biexciton-exciton cascade in a quantum dot generates highly polarization-entangled photon pairs in a near-deterministic way. However, the ulti…

quant-ph2022

Experimental Multi-state Quantum Discrimination in the Frequency Domain with Quantum Dot Light

Alessandro Laneve, Michele B. Rota, Francesco Basso Basset +10

The quest for the realization of effective quantum state discrimination strategies is of great interest for quantum information technology, as well as for fundamental studies. Ther…

quant-ph2021★ 69 cited

GaAs quantum dots grown by droplet etching epitaxy as quantum light sources

Saimon Filipe Covre da Silva, Gabriel Undeutsch, Barbara Lehner +6

This paper presents an overview and perspectives on the epitaxial growth and optical properties of GaAs quantum dots obtained with the droplet etching method as high-quality source…