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Title: Ultrafast electrical control of a resonantly driven single photon source

Abstract

We demonstrate generation of a pulsed stream of electrically triggered single photons in resonance fluorescence, by applying high frequency electrical pulses to a single quantum dot in a p-i-n diode under resonant laser excitation. Single photon emission was verified, with the probability of multiple photon emission reduced to 2.8%. We show that despite the presence of charge noise in the emission spectrum of the dot, resonant excitation acts as a “filter” to generate narrow bandwidth photons.

Authors:
 [1]; ;  [1]; ;  [2]
  1. Toshiba Research Europe Limited, Cambridge Research Laboratory, 208 Science Park, Milton Road, Cambridge CB4 0GZ (United Kingdom)
  2. Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE (United Kingdom)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22314472
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Applied Physics Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 105; Journal Issue: 5; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0003-6951
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; CONTROL; EMISSION SPECTRA; EXCITATION; FLUORESCENCE; LASERS; PHOTONS; QUANTUM DOTS; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES

Citation Formats

Cao, Y., Controlled Quantum Dynamics Group, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, Bennett, A. J., E-mail: anthony.bennett@crl.toshiba.co.uk, Ellis, D. J. P., Shields, A. J., Farrer, I., and Ritchie, D. A. Ultrafast electrical control of a resonantly driven single photon source. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4892013.
Cao, Y., Controlled Quantum Dynamics Group, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, Bennett, A. J., E-mail: anthony.bennett@crl.toshiba.co.uk, Ellis, D. J. P., Shields, A. J., Farrer, I., & Ritchie, D. A. Ultrafast electrical control of a resonantly driven single photon source. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4892013
Cao, Y., Controlled Quantum Dynamics Group, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, Bennett, A. J., E-mail: anthony.bennett@crl.toshiba.co.uk, Ellis, D. J. P., Shields, A. J., Farrer, I., and Ritchie, D. A. 2014. "Ultrafast electrical control of a resonantly driven single photon source". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4892013.
@article{osti_22314472,
title = {Ultrafast electrical control of a resonantly driven single photon source},
author = {Cao, Y. and Controlled Quantum Dynamics Group, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ and Bennett, A. J., E-mail: anthony.bennett@crl.toshiba.co.uk and Ellis, D. J. P. and Shields, A. J. and Farrer, I. and Ritchie, D. A.},
abstractNote = {We demonstrate generation of a pulsed stream of electrically triggered single photons in resonance fluorescence, by applying high frequency electrical pulses to a single quantum dot in a p-i-n diode under resonant laser excitation. Single photon emission was verified, with the probability of multiple photon emission reduced to 2.8%. We show that despite the presence of charge noise in the emission spectrum of the dot, resonant excitation acts as a “filter” to generate narrow bandwidth photons.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4892013},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22314472}, journal = {Applied Physics Letters},
issn = {0003-6951},
number = 5,
volume = 105,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Aug 04 00:00:00 EDT 2014},
month = {Mon Aug 04 00:00:00 EDT 2014}
}