Solid-state ensemble of highly entangled photon sources at rubidium atomic transitions

Robert Keil; Michael Zopf; Yan Chen; Bianca Höfer; Jiaxiang Zhang; Fei Ding; Oliver G. Schmidt

doi:10.1038/ncomms15501

Nature Communications (May 2017)

Solid-state ensemble of highly entangled photon sources at rubidium atomic transitions

Robert Keil,
Michael Zopf,
Yan Chen,
Bianca Höfer,
Jiaxiang Zhang,
Fei Ding,
Oliver G. Schmidt

Affiliations

Robert Keil: Institute for Integrative Nanosciences, IFW Dresden
Michael Zopf: Institute for Integrative Nanosciences, IFW Dresden
Yan Chen: Institute for Integrative Nanosciences, IFW Dresden
Bianca Höfer: Institute for Integrative Nanosciences, IFW Dresden
Jiaxiang Zhang: Institute for Integrative Nanosciences, IFW Dresden
Fei Ding: Institute for Integrative Nanosciences, IFW Dresden
Oliver G. Schmidt: Institute for Integrative Nanosciences, IFW Dresden

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15501
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Scalable and integratable sources of entangled-photon pairs are an important building block for quantum photonic applications. Here, Keilet al. demonstrate that an ensemble of droplet-etched gallium arsenide quantum dots can emit polarization-entangled photons with almost 100% yield.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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