Abstract A Quantum dot implanted within double-sided optical microcavity is explained and established as a critical component for all optical-based quantum internets. Due to the duality as the photonic quantum transistor and gate, the QD cavity system presents a sturdy base for the future photonic quantum network. With the help of the analytical investigation and review presented in this paper, a quantum dot cavity unit can be developed for implementing deterministic quantum gates and transistors. The maximum fidelity observed for quantum diode, router, and storage is 95.24%, 62.06%, and 90.42% without considering a noisy environment, respectively, and 62.12%, 60.36%, and 43.66% under a noisy environment, respectively. Fidelity is also calculated with varying coupling conditions (strong and weak coupling), and optimized cavity parameters are calculated. The paper also reports the work done by various researchers till date.
Abstract A Quantum dot implanted within double-sided optical microcavity is explained and established as a critical component for all optical-based quantum internets. Due to the duality as the photonic quantum transistor and gate, the QD cavity system presents a sturdy base for the future photonic quantum network. With the help of the analytical investigation and review presented in this paper, a quantum dot cavity unit can be developed for implementing deterministic quantum gates and transistors. The maximum fidelity observed for quantum diode, router, and storage is 95.24%, 62.06%, and 90.42% without considering a noisy environment, respectively, and 62.12%, 60.36%, and 43.66% under a noisy environment, respectively. Fidelity is also calculated with varying coupling conditions (strong and weak coupling), and optimized cavity parameters are calculated. The paper also reports the work done by various researchers till date.
Abstract This paper presents the analytical investigation of the Fidelity and Concurrence of Photonic Quantum teleportation Circuit (PQTC) designed using quantum dot within the optical micro-cavity, considering vacuum noise and sideband leakage. It is found that the performance of the Photonic Quantum teleportation Circuit is significantly dependent on the interaction between the spin of quantum dot and photon within the optical cavity. The maximum concurrence obtained is 0.8158 at g/k=5 and ks/k=0.1 without noisy environment and 0.375 at g/k=0.3 and ks/k=0.1 with a noisy environment. The computed maximum fidelity of 0.99 is observed at g/k=4 and ks/k=0.1 with noisy conditions, and 0.4603 is observed at g/k=0.3 and ks/k=0.1 without noisy conditions. The work reported in this paper can be used to implement different quantum cryptography-based protocols.
The future Internet is very likely the mixture of all-optical Internet with low power consumption and quantum Internet with absolute security guaranteed by the laws of quantum mechanics. Photons would be used for processing, routing and com-munication of data, and photonic transistor using a weak light to control a strong light is the core component as an optical analogue to the electronic transistor that forms the basis of modern electronics. In sharp contrast to previous all-optical tran-sistors which are all based on optical nonlinearities, here I introduce a novel design for a high-gain and high-speed (up to terahertz) photonic transistor and its counterpart in the quantum limit, i.e., single-photon transistor based on a linear optical effect: giant Faraday rotation induced by a single electronic spin in a single-sided optical microcavity. A single-photon or classical optical pulse as the gate sets the spin state via projective measurement and controls the polarization of a strong light to open/block the photonic channel. Due to the duality as quantum gate for quantum information processing and transistor for optical information processing, this versatile spin-cavity quantum transistor provides a solid-state platform ideal for all-optical networks and quantum networks.
The realization of quantum computers and quantum Internet requires not only quantum gates and quantum memories, but also transistors at single-photon levels to control the flow of information encoded on single photons. Single-photon transistor (SPT) is an optical transistor in the quantum limit, which uses a single photon to open or block a photonic channel. In sharp contrast to all previous SPT proposals which are based on single-photon nonlinearities, here I present a design for a high-gain and high-speed (up to THz) SPT based on a linear optical effect: giant circular birefringence induced by a single spin in a double-sided optical microcavity. A gate photon sets the spin state via projective measurement and controls the light propagation in the optical channel. This spin-cavity transistor can be directly configured as diodes, routers, DRAM units, switches, modulators, etc. Due to the duality as quantum gate and transistor, the spin-cavity unit provides a solid-state platform ideal for future Internet: a mixture of all-optical Internet with quantum Internet.
We investigate the possibility of achieving scalable photonic quantum computing by the giant optical circular birefringence induced by a quantum-dot spin in a double-sided optical microcavity as a result of cavity quantum electrodynamics. We construct a deterministic controlled-not gate on two photonic qubits by two single-photon input-output processes and the readout on an electron-medium spin confined in an optical resonant microcavity. This idea could be applied to multi-qubit gates on photonic qubits and we give the quantum circuit for a three-photon Toffoli gate. High fidelities and high efficiencies could be achieved when the side leakage to the cavity loss rate is low. It is worth pointing out that our devices work in both the strong and the weak coupling regimes.
A fascinating dream in quantum information science is to build quantum computers with super-performance and quantum networks with unconditional security [1]. Quantum networks utilize static (matter) quantum bits (qubits) to store and process quantum information at local nodes, and photons as flying qubits for long-distance quantum state transmission between different nodes. To realize a quantum network, it is crucial to achieve light-matter entanglement and reversible quantum-state transfer between light and matter, i.e., the light-matter quantum interface, and the quantum repeater for large-scale quantum communications [2]. Recent experiments have shown that both electrons and holes confined in semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) have long spin relaxation time (T1e, T1h ~ ms) and long spin coherence time (T2e ~ microseconds, T2h > 100 ns). Moreover, fast spin cooling and ultra-fast spin manipulation as well as spin echoes to preserve the spin coherence have also been demonstrated. Undoubtedly these rapid progresses imply that the QD spin is a good candidate for matter qubit in quantum information processing. Furthermore, QD-based single photon sources have been also developed. Therefore, semiconductor QDs offer a good platform for solid-state quantum networking and quantum computation. Here we present two types of conditional quantum gates, i.e., the photon-spin entangling gates [3-4] using a single QD spin in a single-sided or double-sided optical microcavity. Both gates are universal and deterministic (if they are optimized). The spin-selective coherent photon-spin interaction enhanced by the cavity QED lead to giant circular birefringence, which allows us to build these gates. We will show the versatile spin-cavity systems can be applied in all aspects of quantum information science and technology, not only for large-scale quantum communication networks (solid-state quantum repeaters) [5], but also for scalable quantum computing with either photons or spins as qubits. We will also discuss other applications using these gates, such as photon-number resolving detection, quantum feed-back control, loss-resistant quantum metrology, and loophole-free Bell test [6], and other devices based on optical nonlinearity at single-photon levels in these gate structures. All these schemes are feasible with current semiconductor technology [7], and we have recently seen conditional phase shifts in uncharged QD-cavity systems [8]. References [1] H.J. Kimble, Nature (London) 453, 1023 (2008). [2] H.-J. Briegel et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 5932 (1998). [3] C.Y. Hu et al., Phys. Rev. B 78, 085307 (2008); ibid. 78, 125318 (2008). [4] C.Y. Hu et al., Phys. Rev. B 80, 205326 (2009). [5] C.Y. Hu and J.G. Rarity, Phys. Rev. B 83, 115303 (2011). [6] N. Brunner et al., Arxiv: quant-phys 1303.6522 (2013). [7] S. Reitzenstein et al., Appl. Phys. Lett. 90, 251109 (2007). [8] A.B. Young et al., Phys. Rev. A 84, 011803 (2011).
The interaction of light with matter is at the heart of quantum optics, which itself enables insight into the fundamental aspects of quantum mechanics. First experimental access to this research field has been realized by coupling atoms to light. Here, the transition between discrete energy states of the atom is associated with the absorption and emission of a photon, a single quantum of the electromagnetic field. As a central aspect of quantum optics, the light-emitter interaction can be significantly enhanced by placing the emitter in optical cavity that is on resonance with the emitter. In recent years, this has led to a rapidly evolving research field known as cavity quantum electrodynamics (CQED). In CQED two different regimes are distinguished: the strong and the weak coupling regimes. In the strong coupling regime, the emitted photon is reflected from the cavity mirrors and eventually reabsorbed by the emitter. In contrast, the weak coupling regime describes the irreversible emission, where the photon leaks out of the cavity before it can be reabsorbed. Both the weak and strong coupling regimes enabled fundamental experiments for a better understanding of quantum optical phenomena. \n \n \n \nCQED grants access to the quantum world and hence offers potentially revolutionizing applications, particularly in the field of quantum information processing. A central aspect for the successful implementation of quantum applications is the system's scalability. Unfortunately, placing atoms deterministically inside a cavity remains technologically elaborate and hence minimizes the prospect of scaling a atom-CQED system. \n \nA possibility to address this issue is to implement CQED in the solid state, where sophisticated fabrication strategies allow miniaturization and scalability of the system. Particularly the development of self-assembled quantum dots (QD) in semiconductors represent a promising route. QDs can be considered as artificial atoms that mimic the atomic two-level system. These structures interact strongly with light and therefore have the potential for replacing atoms in CQED. As a central advantage, QDs are naturally trapped, which greatly simplifies the deterministic incorporation into the cavity. \n \nIn recent years, many efforts have been made to couple self-assembled QDs to microcavities. Generally, the successful implementation of CQED requires a cavity with a high quality factor Q and a low mode volume. In a majority of the approaches, the high Q/small mode volume cavities were monolithically defined around the QD, embedding the QD at a fixed position inside the cavity. Both the weak and strong coupling regimes have been reached with these systems. However, for future applications they suffer from several disadvantages. The fixed position of the QD inside the cavity minimizes the prospects for spectral tunability and spatial positioning the QD inside the cavity. Furthermore, prospects for further increasing of the cavity Q-factor and minimization of the mode volume remain limited in these systems. \n \nIn this thesis the mentioned disadvantages are addressed by developing a fully tunable miniaturized Fabry-Pérot microcavity with low mode volume. The design enables both spatial positioning of the emitter inside the cavity and spectral tunability. Successful coupling of a single QD to the microcavity is demonstrated including the strong coupling regime. Further a new approach to decrease the cavity mode volume is presented, where we demonstrate weak coupling is achieved