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Indistinguishable single photons from a single quantum dot microcavity

Charles Santori, David A. Fattal, Jelena Vuckovic A, Glenn S. Solomon, Y. Yamamoto

Published Jun 25, 2003• 1 citation

Abstract

A single-photon device based on a semiconductor quantum dot embedded in an optical microcavity is described. The spontaneous emission lifetime, multi-photon suppression, and spectral linewidth are measured. It is then shown that consecutively emitted photons possess a large degree of quantum-mechanical indistinguishability, with a mean wave-packet overlap as large as 0.8. This demonstration is accomplished through a Hong-Ou-Mandel-type two-photon interference experiment.

DOI: 10.1117/12.499286

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