Quantum Information and Measurement (QIM)

Heralded single photon absorption by a single-electron charged quantum dot

Aymeric Delteil, Zhe Sun, Stefan Fält, Ataç İmamoğlu

Published Jan 1, 2017• 0 citations

Abstract

We demonstrate heralded absorption of single photons –generated from a neutral quantum dot– by a single-electron charged quantum dot 5m away. The electron spin thereafter exhibits strong correlations with the absorbed photon state.

DOI: 10.1364/qim.2017.qt2c.5

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