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View article: Mode-Matched Resonant Excitation of a Nanowire Quantum Dot in a Nanophotonic Waveguide
Mode-Matched Resonant Excitation of a Nanowire Quantum Dot in a Nanophotonic Waveguide Open
Nanowire-based quantum dots as sources of single photons are promising candidates for the implementation of quantum photonic technologies. Achieving coherent control of these sources is essential for generating indistinguishable single pho…
View article: Reversible Tuning of Nanowire Quantum Dot to Atomic Transitions
Reversible Tuning of Nanowire Quantum Dot to Atomic Transitions Open
Quantum dots embedded in semiconductor photonic nanowires (NW-QDs) can deterministically produce single-photons and entangled photon pairs at high repetition rates. These photons can be efficiently coupled from the photonic nanowire into f…
View article: Near-Unity Absorption in Semiconductor Metasurfaces Using Kerker Interference
Near-Unity Absorption in Semiconductor Metasurfaces Using Kerker Interference Open
The ability to detect light with high efficiency is an important device metric for single-photon detectors and cameras, essential for applications ranging from quantum communication to biomedical imaging. However, these photodetectors have…
View article: On demand single photon generation and coherent control of excitons from resonantly driven nanowire quantum dots
On demand single photon generation and coherent control of excitons from resonantly driven nanowire quantum dots Open
Coherent control of single photon sources is a key requirement for the advancement of photonic quantum technologies. Among them, nanowire-based quantum dot sources are popular due to their potential for on-chip hybrid integration. Here we …
View article: Pulsed Electroluminescence in a Dopant-free Gateable Semiconductor
Pulsed Electroluminescence in a Dopant-free Gateable Semiconductor Open
We report on a stable form of pulsed electroluminescence in a dopant-free direct bandgap semiconductor heterostructure which we coin the tidal effect. Swapping an inducing gate voltage in an ambipolar field effect transistor allows incomin…
View article: Oscillating photonic Bell state from a semiconductor quantum dot for quantum key distribution
Oscillating photonic Bell state from a semiconductor quantum dot for quantum key distribution Open
An on-demand source of bright entangled photon pairs is desirable for quantum key distribution (QKD) and quantum repeaters. The leading candidate to generate such pairs is based on spontaneous parametric down-conversion (SPDC) in non-linea…
View article: Widely tunable solid-state source of single-photons matching an atomic transition
Widely tunable solid-state source of single-photons matching an atomic transition Open
Hybrid quantum technologies aim to combine diverse quantum systems, mirroring classical computers' integration of electronic, photonic, magnetic, and mechanical components. Quantum dots in semiconductor nanowires emit high-purity, determin…
View article: Reversible tuning of nanowire quantum dot to atomic transitions
Reversible tuning of nanowire quantum dot to atomic transitions Open
Quantum dots embedded in semiconductor photonic nanowires (NW-QDs) can deterministically produce single-photons and entangled photon pairs at high repetition rates. These photons can be efficiently coupled from the photonic nanowire into f…
View article: Stable electroluminescence in ambipolar dopant-free lateral p–n junctions
Stable electroluminescence in ambipolar dopant-free lateral p–n junctions Open
Dopant-free lateral p–n junctions in the GaAs/AlGaAs material system have attracted interest due to their potential use in quantum optoelectronics (e.g., optical quantum computers or quantum repeaters) and ease of integration with other co…
View article: Oscillating photonic Bell state from a semiconductor quantum dot for quantum key distribution
Oscillating photonic Bell state from a semiconductor quantum dot for quantum key distribution Open
An on-demand source of bright entangled photon pairs is desirable for quantum key distribution (QKD) and quantum repeaters. The leading candidate to generate entangled photon pairs is based on spontaneous parametric down-conversion (SPDC) …
View article: Stable electroluminescence in ambipolar dopant-free lateral p-n junctions
Stable electroluminescence in ambipolar dopant-free lateral p-n junctions Open
Dopant-free lateral p-n junctions in the GaAs/AlGaAs material system have attracted interest due to their potential use in quantum optoelectronics (e.g., optical quantum computers or quantum repeaters) and ease of integration with other co…
View article: Effects of biased and unbiased illuminations on two-dimensional electron gases in dopant-free GaAs/AlGaAs
Effects of biased and unbiased illuminations on two-dimensional electron gases in dopant-free GaAs/AlGaAs Open
Illumination is performed at low temperature on dopant-free two-dimensional electron gases (2DEGs) of varying depths, under unbiased (gates grounded) and biased (gates at a positive or negative voltage) conditions. Unbiased illuminations i…
View article: Non-adiabatic single-electron pumps in a dopant-free GaAs/AlGaAs 2DEG
Non-adiabatic single-electron pumps in a dopant-free GaAs/AlGaAs 2DEG Open
We have realized quantized charge pumping using non-adiabatic single-electron pumps in dopant-free GaAs two-dimensional electron gases. The dopant-free III–V platform allows for ambipolar devices, such as p-i-n junctions, that could be com…
View article: Effects of biased and unbiased illuminations on dopant-free GaAs/AlGaAs 2DEGs
Effects of biased and unbiased illuminations on dopant-free GaAs/AlGaAs 2DEGs Open
Illumination is performed at low temperature on dopant-free two-dimensional electron gases (2DEGs) of varying depths, under unbiased (gates grounded) and biased (gates at a positive or negative voltage) conditions. Unbiased illuminations i…
View article: In-band Perturbation based OSNR Estimation
In-band Perturbation based OSNR Estimation Open
Perturbed spectra are modelled to estimate OSNR for a single channel amplified link. Perturbation-dependent nonlinear noise is separated from constant ASE noise using a set of propagated perturbed spectra. A least mean square fitting is us…
View article: Enhancing secure key rates of satellite QKD using a quantum dot single-photon source
Enhancing secure key rates of satellite QKD using a quantum dot single-photon source Open
Global quantum secure communication can be achieved using quantum key distribution (QKD) with orbiting satellites. Established techniques use attenuated lasers as weak coherent pulse (WCP) sources, with so-called decoy-state protocols, to …
View article: Enhancing secure key rates of satellite QKD using a quantum dot\n single-photon source
Enhancing secure key rates of satellite QKD using a quantum dot\n single-photon source Open
Global quantum secure communication can be achieved using quantum key\ndistribution (QKD) with orbiting satellites. Established techniques use\nattenuated lasers as weak coherent pulse (WCP) sources, with so-called\ndecoy-state protocols, …
View article: Efficient Single-Photon Detection with 7.7 ps Time Resolution for Photon-Correlation Measurements
Efficient Single-Photon Detection with 7.7 ps Time Resolution for Photon-Correlation Measurements Open
A broad range of scientific and industrial disciplines require precise optical measurements at very low light levels. Single-photon detectors combining high efficiency and high time resolution are pivotal in such experiments. By using rela…
View article: Toward On-Demand Generation of Entangled Photon Pairs with a Quantum Dot
Toward On-Demand Generation of Entangled Photon Pairs with a Quantum Dot Open
The generation of on-demand, optimally entangled photon pairs remains one of the most formidable challenges in the quantum optics and quantum information community. Despite the fact that recent developments in this area have opened new doo…
View article: A platform for high performance photon correlation measurements
A platform for high performance photon correlation measurements Open
A broad range of scientific and industrial disciplines require precise optical measurements at very low light levels. Single-photon detectors combining high efficiency and high time resolution are pivotal in such experiments. By using rela…
View article: Proposed Scheme to Generate Bright Entangled Photon Pairs by Application of a Quadrupole Field to a Single Quantum Dot
Proposed Scheme to Generate Bright Entangled Photon Pairs by Application of a Quadrupole Field to a Single Quantum Dot Open
Entangled photon sources are crucial for quantum optics, quantum sensing, and quantum communication. Semiconductor quantum dots generate on-demand entangled photon pairs via the biexciton-exciton cascade. However, the pair of photons are e…
View article: Strain-Tunable Quantum Integrated Photonics
Strain-Tunable Quantum Integrated Photonics Open
Semiconductor quantum dots are crucial parts of the photonic quantum technology toolbox because they show excellent single-photon emission properties in addition to their potential as solid-state qubits. Recently, there has been an increas…
View article: Quadrupole electric field for erasing the fine structure splitting in a single quantum dot
Quadrupole electric field for erasing the fine structure splitting in a single quantum dot Open
Entangled photon sources are crucial for quantum optics, quantum sensing and quantum communication. Semiconductor quantum dots generate on-demand entangled photon pairs via the biexciton-exciton cascade. However, the pair of photons are em…
View article: Bumper Lift Assist Design
Bumper Lift Assist Design Open
The following document outlines Team 6’s final design proposal for MECH 4860, Engineering Design, Fall 2017. The objective of this reportisto provide a detailed design for a lift assist mechanism to aid in raising and lowering S&V Manufact…
View article: Path to perfect photon entanglement with a quantum dot
Path to perfect photon entanglement with a quantum dot Open
Realizing perfect two-photon entanglement from quantum dots has been a long-standing scientific challenge. It is generally thought that the nuclear spins limit the entanglement fidelity through spin flip dephasing processes. However, this …
View article: Erratum: Bright nanoscale source of deterministic entangled photon pairs violating Bell’s inequality
Erratum: Bright nanoscale source of deterministic entangled photon pairs violating Bell’s inequality Open
A correction to this article has been published and is linked from the HTML version of this paper. The error has been fixed in the paper.