Efficient source of single photons: A single quantum dot in a micropost microcavity

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作者：

Pelton, M

Santori, C

Vuckovic, J

Zhang, BY

Solomon, GS

Plant, J

Yamamoto, Y

机构：

[1] NTT Corp, Basic Res Labs, Atsugi, Kanagawa, Japan

[2] Stanford Univ, Solid State Photon Lab, Stanford, CA 94305 USA

[3] Stanford Univ, EL Ginzton Lab, JST, ICORP,Quantum Entanglement Project, Stanford, CA 94305 USA

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PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 2002年 / 89卷 / 23期

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D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.233602

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

We have demonstrated efficient production of triggered single photons by coupling a single semiconductor quantum dot to a three-dimensionally confined optical mode in a micropost microcavity. The efficiency of emitting single photons into a single-mode traveling wave is approximately 38%, which is nearly 2 orders of magnitude higher than for a quantum dot in bulk semiconductor material. At the same time, the probability of having more than one photon in a given pulse is reduced by a factor of 7 as compared to light with Poissonian photon statistics.

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