Nanoscale optical positioning of single quantum dots for bright and pure single-photon emission

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Sapienza, Luca ^a,b,c   Davanço, Marcelo ^a   Badolato, Antonio ^d   Srinivasan, Kartik ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUANTUM DOT;

LUMINESCENCE; OPTICAL METHOD; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BRAGG GRATING GEOMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIELD EMISSION; GEOMETRY; GRATING; ILLUMINATION; IMMERSION; LENS; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; NANOANALYSIS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PHOTON; PROBABILITY; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SOLID; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84938353197     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8833     Document Type: Article

References (37)

1. Michler, P. Single Semiconductor Quantum Dots (Springer Verlag, 2009).
2. Santori, C., Fattal, D. & Yamamoto, Y. Single-photon Devices and Applications (Wiley-VCH, 2010).
3. Juska, G., Dimastrodonato, V., Mereni, L. O., Gocalinska, A. & Pelucchi, E. Towards quantum-dot arrays of entangled photon emitters. Nat. Photonics 7, 527-531 (2013).
4. Huggenberger, A. et al. Narrow spectral linewidth from single site-controlled In(Ga)As quantum dots with high uniformity. Appl. Phys. Lett. 98, 131104 (2011).
5. Hennessy, K. et al. Quantum nature of a strongly coupled single quantum dot-cavity system. Nature 445, 896-899 (2007).
6. Thon, S. M. et al. Strong coupling through optical positioning of a quantum dot in a photonic crystal cavity. Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 111115 (2009).
7. Lee, K. H. et al. Registration of single quantum dots using cryogenic laser photolithography. Appl. Phys. Lett. 88, 193106 (2006).
8. Dousse, A. et al. Controlled light-matter coupling for a single quantum dot embedded in a pillar microcavity using far-field optical lithography. Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 267404 (2008).
9. Kojima, T., Kojima, K., Asano, T. & Noda, S. Accurate alignment of a photonic crystal nanocavity with an embedded quantum dot based on optical microscopic photoluminescence imaging. Appl. Phys. Lett. 102, 011110 (2013).
10. Gschrey, M. et al. In situ electron-beam lithography of deterministic single-quantum-dot mesa-structures using low-temperature cathodoluminescence spectroscopy. Appl. Phys. Lett. 102, 251113 (2013).
11. Thompson, R., Larson, D. & Webb, W. Precise nanometer localization analysis for individual fluorescent probes. Biophys. J. 82, 2775-2783 (2002).
12. Zwiller, V. & Bjork, G. Improved light extraction from emitters in high refractive index materials using solid immersion lenses. J. Appl. Phys. 92, 660-665 (2002).
13. Serrels, K. A. et al. Solid immersion lens applications for nanophotonic devices. J. Nanophotonics 2, 021854 (2008).
14. Davanço, M., Rakher, M. T., Schuh, D., Badolato, A. & Srinivasan, K. A circular dielectric grating for vertical extraction of single quantum dot emission. Appl. Phys. Lett. 99, 041102 (2011).
15. Ates, S., Sapienza, L., Davanco, M., Badolato, A. & Srinivasan, K. Bright single-photon emission from a quantum dot in a circular Bragg grating microcavity. IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron. 18, 1711-1721 (2012).
16. Winger, M. et al. Imamoglu explanation of photon correlations in the far-off-resonance optical emission from a quantum-dot cavity system. Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 207403 (2009).
17. Chauvin, N. et al. Controlling the charge environment of single quantum dots in a photonic-crystal cavity. Phys. Rev. B 80, 241306 (2009).
18. Laucht, A. et al. Temporal monitoring of nonresonant feeding of semiconductor nanocavity modes by quantum dot multiexciton transitions. Phys. Rev. B 81, 241302 (2010).
19. Santori, C., Fattal, D., Vuckovic, J., Solomon, G. S. & Yamamoto, Y. Single-photon generation with InAs quantum dots. New J. Phys. 6, 89 (2004).
20. Strauf, S. et al. High-frequency single-photon source with polarization control. Nat. Photonics 1, 704-708 (2007).
21. Gazzano, O. et al. Senellart Bright solid-state sources of indistinguishable single photons. Nat. Commun. 4, 1425 (2013).
22. Claudon, J. et al. A highly efficient single-photon source based on a quantum dot in a photonic nanowire. Nat. Photonics 4, 174-177 (2010).
23. Reimer, M. E. et al. Bright single-photon sources in bottom-up tailored nanowires. Nat. Commun. 3, 737 (2012).
24. Kremer, P. E. et al. Strain-tunable quantum dot embedded in a nanowire antenna. Phys. Rev. B 90, 201408 (2014).
25. Ates, S. et al. Improving the performance of bright quantum dot single photon sources using temporal filtering via amplitude modulation. Sci. Rep. 3, 1397 (2013).
26. Madsen, K. H. et al. Efficient out-coupling of high-purity single photons from a coherent quantum dot in a photonic-crystal cavity. Phys. Rev. B 90, 155303 (2014).
27. Muller, A. et al. Resonance fluorescence from a coherently driven semiconductor quantum dot in a cavity. Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 187402 (2007).
28. Ates, S. et al. Post-selected indistinguishable photons from the resonance fluorescence of a single quantum dot in a microcavity. Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 167402 (2009).
29. He, Y.-M. et al. On-demand semiconductor single-photon source with near-unity indistinguishability. Nat. Nanotechnol. 8, 213-217 (2013).
30. Santori, C., Fattal, D., Vuckovic, J., Solomon, G. & Yamamoto, Y. Indistinguishable photons from a single-photon device. Nature 419, 594-597 (2002).
31. Varoutsis, S. et al. Restoration of photon indistinguishability in the emission of a semiconductor quantum dot. Phys. Rev. B 72, 041303 (2005).
32. Fushman, I. et al. Controlled phase shifts with a single quantum dot. Science 320, 769-772 (2008).
33. Reinhard, A. et al. Strongly correlated photons on a chip. Nat. Photonics 6, 93-96 (2012).
34. Kim, H., Bose, R., Shen, T. C., Solomon, G. S. & Waks, E. A quantum logic gate between a solid-state quantum bit and a photon. Nat. Photonics 7, 373-377 (2013).
35. Wilson-Rae, I., Zoller, P. & Imamoʇlu, A. Laser cooling of a nanomechanical resonator mode to its quantum ground state. Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 075507 (2004).
36. Metcalfe, M., Carr, S. M., Muller, A., Solomon, G. S. & Lawall, J. Resolved sideband emission of InAs/GaAs quantum dots strained by surface acoustic waves. Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 037401 (2010).
37. Yeo, I. et al. Auffèves. Strain-mediated coupling in a quantum dot-mechanical oscillator hybrid system. Nat. Nanotechnol. 9, 106-110 (2013).