Nanomaterials (May 2022)

Bright Single-Photon Sources for the Telecommunication O-Band Based on an InAs Quantum Dot with (In)GaAs Asymmetric Barriers in a Photonic Nanoantenna

  • Maxim Rakhlin,
  • Grigorii Klimko,
  • Sergey Sorokin,
  • Marina Kulagina,
  • Yurii Zadiranov,
  • Dmitrii Kazanov,
  • Tatiana Shubina,
  • Sergey Ivanov,
  • Alexey Toropov

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12091562
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 9
p. 1562

Abstract

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We report on single-photon emitters for the telecommunication O-band (1260–1360 nm), which comprise an InAs/(In)GaAs quantum dot with asymmetric barriers, placed inside a semiconductor tapered nanocolumn acting as a photonic nanoantenna. The implemented design of the barriers provides a shift in the quantum dot radiation wavelength towards the O-band, while the nanoantenna collects the radiation and ensures its effective output. With non-resonant optical pumping, the average count rate of emitted single photons exceeds 10 MHz with the second-order correlation function g(2)(0) = 0.18 at 8 K.

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