Nature Communications (Apr 2017)

A bright triggered twin-photon source in the solid state

  • 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

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14870
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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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.