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Influence of the Purcell effect on the purity of bright single photon sources

Journal Article · · Applied Physics Letters
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4813902· OSTI ID:22122821
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  1. Laboratoire de Photonique et de Nanostructures, CNRS, UPR20, Route de Nozay, 91460 Marcoussis (France)
Purcell effect is a powerful tool to efficiently collect single photons emitted by semiconductor quantum dots. However, it is common to observe a degraded single photon purity when a quantum dot is inserted in an optical microcavity. Here, we investigate the role of the cavity coupling on the single photon purity for a quantum dot deterministically coupled to a pillar cavity mode. We show that the degradation of the purity cannot be attributed to cavity feeding effects but is fully explained by recapture processes. A good single photon purity is therefore easily restored using an intra-dot excitation scheme.
OSTI ID:
22122821
Journal Information:
Applied Physics Letters, Journal Name: Applied Physics Letters Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 103; ISSN APPLAB; ISSN 0003-6951
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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