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Title: Purification of Single Photons by Temporal Heralding of Quantum Dot Sources

Journal Article · · ACS Photonics

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.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
Grant/Contract Number:
89233218CNA000001; AC52-06NA25396; NA0003525
OSTI ID:
1570655
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1673360
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-19-29784; LA-UR-18-28801
Journal Information:
ACS Photonics, Vol. 6, Issue 2; ISSN 2330-4022
Publisher:
American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 11 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

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