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Frontiers in Optics

Interference of photons from remote solid-state sources

Anthony J. Bennett, Raj B. Patel, Ian A. Farrer, Christine A. Nicoll, D. A. Ritchie, Andrew J. Shields

Published Jan 1, 2010• 0 citations
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Abstract

We report a device in which the emission energy of single quantum dots can be Stark-shifted 25meV. We tune transitions in remote quantum dots to the same energy and observe two-photon interference with their emission.
DOI
10.1364/fio.2010.fmm1

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