High Brightness Room Temperature III-Nitride Based Single Photon Source
- Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Single photon sources (SPS) are quantum light sources where photons are emitted one at a time instead of randomly (e.g. lasers) or in a bunch (e.g. thermal) that can significantly impact quantum information science (computing and secure communications) and quantum metrology. Some highly desirable features of SPS are low second order correlation (g2),controllable emission, electrically injected room temperature operation with high photon rate, high extraction efficiency and controllable directionality. Approaches taken thus far using different material systems have only addressed a subset of these features. III-nitride based approach offers a clear pathway to deterministic, room temperature (R.T.), electrically injected practical SPS as one can potentially also leverage the knowledge and technology from the light emitting diode (LED) world. Here we will describe a hybrid approach wherein a TiO2 based photonic crystal (PC) cavity is fabricated around an InGaN quantum dot (QD) embedded nanoscale post deterministically placed inside a photonic crystal cavity. This project takes the initial steps necessary to achieve a practical, compact SPS. We have used finite difference time domain simulations to optimize the cavity design to achieve high quality factor, mode overlap with QD and high extraction. We have fabricated InGaN quantum dots using a top-down approach involving dry etch and photoelectrochemical etch followed by electron beam lithography based nanofabrication of photonic crystal cavities.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000
- OSTI ID:
- 1562411
- Report Number(s):
- SAND--2016-9306R; 647563
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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