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										Yuanfei Gao, Jia-Min Lai, Jun Zhang. Phonon-assisted upconversion photoluminescence of quantum emitters[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2023, 44(4): 041901. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/44/4/041901					 
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												Y F Gao, J M Lai, J Zhang. Phonon-assisted upconversion photoluminescence of quantum emitters[J]. J. Semicond, 2023, 44(4): 041901. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/44/4/041901												 | 
Phonon-assisted upconversion photoluminescence of quantum emitters
DOI: 10.1088/1674-4926/44/4/041901
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             AbstractQuantum emitters are widely used in quantum networks, quantum information processing, and quantum sensing due to their excellent optical properties. Compared with Stokes excitation, quantum emitters under anti-Stokes excitation exhibit better performance. In addition to laser cooling and nanoscale thermometry, anti-Stokes excitation can improve the coherence of single-photon sources for advanced quantum technologies. In this review, we follow the recent advances in phonon-assisted upconversion photoluminescence of quantum emitters and discuss the upconversion mechanisms, applications, and prospects for quantum emitters with anti-Stokes excitation.
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					 Yuanfei Gao:received a bachelor's degree and a Ph.D. in optics from Zhengzhou University in China in 2013 and 2019. Then he works as an assistant research fellow at the Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences in China. His research interest is on light-matter interactions in quantum optics
	                                            Yuanfei Gao:received a bachelor's degree and a Ph.D. in optics from Zhengzhou University in China in 2013 and 2019. Then he works as an assistant research fellow at the Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences in China. His research interest is on light-matter interactions in quantum optics Jia-Min Lai:is now a Ph.D. student supervised by Prof. Jun Zhang in the State Key Laboratory of Superlattices and Microstructures, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences. She received her bachelor's degree from Northeastern University in China. Her current research interest focuses on electron-phonon coupling in semiconductors
	                                            Jia-Min Lai:is now a Ph.D. student supervised by Prof. Jun Zhang in the State Key Laboratory of Superlattices and Microstructures, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences. She received her bachelor's degree from Northeastern University in China. Her current research interest focuses on electron-phonon coupling in semiconductors Jun Zhang:received a bachelor's degree from Inner Mongolia University in China in 2004, and a Ph.D. from the Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2010. Then he worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore from 2010 to 2015 and joined the State Key laboratory of Superlattice for Semiconductors (CAS) as a professor in 2015. His current research focuses on light-matter interactions in novel low-dimensional semiconductor optoelectronic materials
	                                            Jun Zhang:received a bachelor's degree from Inner Mongolia University in China in 2004, and a Ph.D. from the Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2010. Then he worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore from 2010 to 2015 and joined the State Key laboratory of Superlattice for Semiconductors (CAS) as a professor in 2015. His current research focuses on light-matter interactions in novel low-dimensional semiconductor optoelectronic materials 
           	
			
			
         
				 
				 
				