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Xiaowu He, Yifeng Song, Ying Yu, Ben Ma, Zesheng Chen, Xiangjun Shang, Haiqiao Ni, Baoquan Sun, Xiuming Dou, Hao Chen, Hongyue Hao, Tongtong Qi, Shushan Huang, Hanqing Liu, Xiangbin Su, Xinliang Su, Yujun Shi, Zhichuan Niu. Quantum light source devices of In(Ga)As semiconductor self-assembled quantum dots[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2019, 40(7): 071902. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/40/7/071902
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X W He, Y F Song, Y Yu, B Ma, Z S Chen, X J Shang, H Q Ni, B Q Sun, X M Dou, H Chen, H Y Hao, T T Qi, S S Huang, H Q Liu, X B Su, X L Su, Y J Shi, Z C Niu, Quantum light source devices of In(Ga)As semiconductor self-assembled quantum dots[J]. J. Semicond., 2019, 40(7): 071902. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/40/7/071902.
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Quantum light source devices of In(Ga)As semiconductor self-assembled quantum dots
DOI: 10.1088/1674-4926/40/7/071902
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Abstract
A brief introduction of semiconductor self-assembled quantum dots (QDs) applied in single-photon sources is given. Single QDs in confined quantum optical microcavity systems are reviewed along with their optical properties and coupling characteristics. Subsequently, the recent progresses in In(Ga)As QDs systems are summarized including the preparation of quantum light sources, multiple methods for embedding single QDs into different microcavities and the scalability of single-photon emitting wavelength. Particularly, several In(Ga)As QD single-photon devices are surveyed including In(Ga)As QDs coupling with nanowires, InAs QDs coupling with distributed Bragg reflection microcavity and the In(Ga)As QDs coupling with micropillar microcavities. Furthermore, applications in the field of single QDs technology are illustrated, such as the entangled photon emission by spontaneous parametric down conversion, the single-photon quantum storage, the chip preparation of single-photon sources as well as the single-photon resonance-fluorescence measurements.-
Keywords:
- quantum optics,
- quantum dots,
- nanowires,
- light sources
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