A bright triggered twin-photon source in the solid state

Photon twins are important for interdisciplinary research fields using non-classical light, such as quantum biology. Here, Heindelet al. demonstrate that a single semiconductor quantum dot integrated into a microlens operates as an efficient photon-pair source.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: T. Heindel, A. Thoma, M. von Helversen, M. Schmidt, A. Schlehahn, M. Gschrey, P. Schnauber, J. -H. Schulze, A. Strittmatter, J. Beyer, S. Rodt, A. Carmele, A. Knorr, S. Reitzenstein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017-04-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14870