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Frontiers in Optics

Squeezed photons from a single quantum-dot with tuneable central frequency

Parvendra Kumar, Agnikumar G. Vedeshwar

Published Jan 1, 2018• 1 citation
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Abstract

We theoretically demonstrate the generation of quadrature squeezed photons from a single quantum-dot with tuneable central frequency. The effects of exciton-phonon coupling on quadrature squeezing are also investigated.
DOI
10.1364/fio.2018.jtu3a.65

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