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On-chip interference of single photons from an embedded quantum dot and a laser

N. Prtljaga, C. Bentham, John O’Hara, Ben Royall, Edmund Clarke, Luke R. Wilson, Maurice S. Skolnick, A. M. Fox

Published Feb 26, 2016• 1 citation
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Abstract

In this work, we demonstrate the on-chip two-photon interference between single photons emitted by a single self-assembled InGaAs quantum dot and a laser. The quantum dot is embedded within one arm of an air-clad directional coupler which acts as a beam-splitter for incoming light. Photons originating from an attenuated external laser are coupled to the second arm of the beam-splitter and then combined with the quantum dot photons, giving rise to two-photon quantum interference between dissimilar sources. We verify the occurrence of on-chip Hong-Ou-Mandel interference by cross-correlating the optical signal from the separate output ports of the directional coupler.

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