Purification of Single Photons by Temporal Heralding of Quantum Dot Sources

Abudayyeh, Hamza; Lubotzky, Boaz; Majumder, Somak; Hollingsworth, Jennifer Ann; Rapaport, Ronen

doi:10.1021/acsphotonics.8b01396

Purification of Single Photons by Temporal Heralding of Quantum Dot Sources

Journal Article · Thu Jan 24 00:00:00 EST 2019 · ACS Photonics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.8b01396· OSTI ID:1570655

^[1]; Lubotzky, Boaz ^[1]; Majumder, Somak ^[2]; ^[2]; Rapaport, Ronen ^[1]

Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem (Israel)
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Efficient, high rate photon sources with high single-photon purity are essential ingredients for quantum technologies. Single-photon sources based on solid state emitters such as quantum dots are very advantageous for integrated photonic circuits, but they can suffer from a high two-photon emission probability, which in cases of noncryogenic environment cannot be spectrally filtered. Here we propose two temporal purification-by-heralding methods for using a two-photon emission process to yield highly pure and efficient single-photon emission, bypassing the inherent problem of spectrally overlapping biphoton emission at elevated temperatures. We experimentally emulate their feasibility on the emission from a single nanocrystal quantum dot at room temperature, exhibiting single-photon purities exceeding 99.5%, without a significant loss of single-photon efficiency. By utilizing these methods with commercially available components, nanocrystal quantum dots can be made realistic high-quality room-temperature sources for single photons. In conclusion, these approaches can also be applied for any indeterministic source of spectrally broadband photon pairs.

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division

Grant/Contract Number:: 89233218CNA000001; AC52-06NA25396; NA0003525

OSTI ID:: 1570655

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1673360

Report Number(s):: LA-UR--18-28801; LA-UR--19-29784

Journal Information:: ACS Photonics, Journal Name: ACS Photonics Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 6; ISSN 2330-4022

Publisher:: American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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